pericratonic
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pericratonic (not comparable)
- (geology) Surrounding a craton.
- 2015 December 15, “1.8 Billion Years of Detrital Zircon Recycling Calibrates a Refractory Part of Earth’s Sedimentary Cycle”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The pericratonic Yukon Tanana terrane was a Devonian arc built upon Laurentian (North American) basement [10 ].
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surrounding a craton
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