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The 28 pages that link to Craton, each with the reason it gives.

• Canadian ShieldNarrower topic: The Shield exposes the surface rocks of the North American craton.

• Guiana ShieldNarrower topic: The shield is the exposed northern South American portion of a larger cratonic foundation.

• LaurentiaNarrower topic: Laurentia is one of the largest and best-preserved examples of this continental structure.

• Greenstone beltNarrower topic: Greenstone belts are commonly preserved within these ancient continental cores.

• Pilbara CratonNarrower topic: The Pilbara is a well-preserved example of this type of continental nucleus.

• Kaapvaal CratonNarrower topic: The Kaapvaal is a classic example of this durable continental structure.

• Fennoscandian ShieldNarrower topic: The shield is the exposed portion of a long-lived continental crustal region.

• Central Asian Orogenic BeltNarrower topic: The Siberian, Tarim, and North China cratons bound major parts of the belt.

• Columbia (supercontinent)Narrower topic: Columbia's reconstruction joins several cratons whose old cores survive within modern continents.

• KenorlandNarrower topic: Kenorland is reconstructed from cratons that may once have formed a joined landmass.

• NeoarcheanNarrower topic: Cratons grew and stabilized as continental crust developed during the Neoarchean.

• Slave CratonNarrower topic: The Slave Craton is one example of this durable continental foundation.

• VaalbaraNarrower topic: The Vaalbara proposal concerns the former arrangement of two distinct cratons.

• Balancing rocks of ZimbabweNarrower topic: This broader geological structure provides the setting for Zimbabwe’s old granite rocks.

• Cratonic sequenceNarrower topic: The craton provides the broad, relatively stable platform across which the deposits spread.

• Western PlateauNarrower topic: Cratonic stability helps explain the plateau’s old, subdued landforms.