Explore Craton through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like part or piece. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Craton meaning
A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
Using Craton
- The main meaning on this page is: A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
- Useful related words include: part, piece.
Context around Craton
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Craton
- In this selection, "craton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ancient, american, pilbra, moved and signifying stand out and add context to how "craton" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ancient craton which forms and josh craton moved to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "craton" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with craton
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Josh Craton moved to Pepperdine in mid-July. (8 words)
India (including Madagascar) and the Congo-Säo Francisco Craton were either detached from Rodinia during this period or simply never were part of the supercontinent. (25 words)
The North American craton is the bedrock forming the heart of the North American continent and the Canadian Shield is the largest exposed part of the craton's bedrock. (29 words)
In a portion of the Pilbra Craton in Western Australia, one of the oldest pieces of the Earth’s crust, scientists found a latitudinal drift of about 2.5 centimetres a year and dated the motion to 3.2 billion years ago. (42 words)
Laurentia is an ancient craton which forms the geologic core of North America; it formed between 1.5 and 1.0 billion years ago during the Proterozoic eon. citation The Canadian Shield is the largest exposure of this craton. (39 words)
The Canadian Shield is U-shaped and is a subsection of the Laurentia craton signifying the area of greatest glacial impact (scraping down to bare rock) creating the thin soils. (30 words)
Example sentences (6)
Laurentia is an ancient craton which forms the geologic core of North America; it formed between 1.5 and 1.0 billion years ago during the Proterozoic eon. citation The Canadian Shield is the largest exposure of this craton.
The North American craton is the bedrock forming the heart of the North American continent and the Canadian Shield is the largest exposed part of the craton's bedrock.
In a portion of the Pilbra Craton in Western Australia, one of the oldest pieces of the Earth’s crust, scientists found a latitudinal drift of about 2.5 centimetres a year and dated the motion to 3.2 billion years ago.
Josh Craton moved to Pepperdine in mid-July.
India (including Madagascar) and the Congo-Säo Francisco Craton were either detached from Rodinia during this period or simply never were part of the supercontinent.
The Canadian Shield is U-shaped and is a subsection of the Laurentia craton signifying the area of greatest glacial impact (scraping down to bare rock) creating the thin soils.