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geologic feature > geologic province > continental platform

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continental platform  

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Broader concept

Definitions

  • The extensive central cratons of continents may consist of both shields and platforms, and the crystalline basement. A platform is that part of the craton for which the basement is overlain by horizontal or subhorizontal sediments. [Wikipedia]

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