- A
craton ( /ˈkreɪtɒn/ KRAYT-on, /ˈkrætɒn/ KRAT-on, or /ˈkreɪtən/ KRAY-tən; from
Ancient Gr****: κράτος
kratos "strength") is an old and
stable part of the...
- tectonics. The
Indian Craton can be
divided into five
major cratons as such:
Aravalli Craton (Marwar-Mewar
Craton or
Western Indian Craton):
Covers Rajasthan...
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Craton (Australia)
Aravalli Craton (India)
Bastar Craton (India)
Bhandara Craton (India)
Bundelkhand Craton (India)
Dharwar Craton – Part of the
Indian Shield...
-
Archean supercontinent consisting of the
Kaapvaal craton (now in
eastern South Africa) and the
Pilbara Craton (now in north-western
Western Australia). E....
-
Laurentia or the
North American craton is a
large continental craton that
forms the
ancient geological core of
North America. Many
times in its past, Laurentia...
- The
Kaapvaal Craton (centred on the
Limpopo Province in
South Africa),
along with the
Pilbara Craton of
Western Australia, are the only
remaining areas...
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Pilbara Craton subregions: PIL01 -
Chichester PIL02 -
Fortescue PIL03 -
Hamersley PIL04...
- The
Congo Craton,
covered by the Palaeozoic-to-recent
Congo Basin, is an
ancient Precambrian craton that with four
others (the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania...
- The
Slave craton is an
Archaean craton in the north-western
Canadian Shield, in
Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The
Slave Craton includes the 4.03 Ga-old...
- The
North China Craton is a
continental crustal block with one of Earth's most
complete and
complex records of igneous,
sedimentary and
metamorphic processes...
