Meanings
adjectivepericratonic (not comparable)
- not comparablegeographySurrounding a craton.
The pericratonic Yukon Tanana terrane was a Devonian arc built upon Laurentian (North American) basement [10 ].
2015 December 15, “1.8 Billion Years of Detrital Zircon Recycling Calibrates a Refractory Part of Earth’s Sedimentary Cycle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
Translations
Portuguese pericratónico, pericratônico
- pericratónicosurrounding a craton
- pericratônicosurrounding a craton
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