craton

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
 * 2) * 1988, L. L. Sloss, Chapter 1: Introduction, L. L. Sloss (editor), Sedimentary Cover—North American Craton: U.S.,, The Geology of North America, Volume D-2, page 2,
 * Application of the concept of a craton circumscribed by surrounding miogeosynclines was particularly vexing to stratigraphers whose study areas extended across the line theoretically delineating distinct tectonic terranes.
 * 1) * 2008, Nasser Ennih, Jean-Paul Liégeois, The boundaries of the West African craton, with reference to the basement of the Moroccan metacratonic Anti-Atlas belt, N. Ennih, J.-P. Liégeois (editors), The Boundaries of the West African Craton,, Special Publication Number 297, page 1,
 * Although cratons are not tectonically active, they can be located near active margins, such as the Brazilian craton at the rear of the Andean active margin.
 * 1) * 2009, Ram Sharma, Cratons and Fold Belts of India,, Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, LNES 127, page 58,
 * The Bastar craton (BC) is also called Bastar-Bhandara craton. It lies to ENE of the Dharwar craton (DC), separated from the latter by the Godavari rift (see Fig. 2.1).

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 克拉通
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kraton
 * Finnish: kratoni
 * Hungarian: ősmasszívum, ősföld, kraton
 * Kazakh: кратон
 * Polish: kraton
 * Portuguese: cráton, cratão
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кратон
 * Roman: