kratogenn.

/ˈkratədʒɛn/

Etymology: < German kratogen (L. Kober Der Bau der Erde (1921) i. 21), < Greek κράτος strength: see -gen comb. form.

Geology.

An area of a continent that has resisted deformation over a (geologically) long period of time.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [noun] > fundamental complex > kratogen

old land1895

kratogen1923

craton1935

1923 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 34 210 The ‘Kratogens’, once the area of the most ancient geosynclines, may, after they are peneplained, be widely flooded by epeiric seas.

1939 R. Ruedemann in Ruedemann & Balk Geol. N. Amer. I. 48 The geosynclines appear to be the compensating areas of subcrustal flowage between the subsiding oceans and the unmoved or horst-like neutral areas or ‘kratogens’ of the positive elements.

1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles v. 91 Certainly, the Midlands of England formed a kratogen which persisted throughout the Ordovician and Silurian.

Derivatives

kratoˈgenic adj.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [adjective] > kratogen

kratogenic1934

cratonic1935

cratonal1944

1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 83 515 After a few preliminary chapters dealing with the evolution of orogenic and kratogenic (continental) areas, he sets forth his views on..mountain-building.

1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles vi. 129 The marginal facies of south Shropshire and the English Midlands, which were similarly laid down on the margins of the (Midlands) kratogenic block and by shallow seas spreading across it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	kratogen
释义	kratogenn. /ˈkratədʒɛn/ Etymology: < German kratogen (L. Kober Der Bau der Erde (1921) i. 21), < Greek κράτος strength: see -gen comb. form. Geology. An area of a continent that has resisted deformation over a (geologically) long period of time. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [noun] > fundamental complex > kratogen old land1895 kratogen1923 craton1935 1923 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 34 210 The ‘Kratogens’, once the area of the most ancient geosynclines, may, after they are peneplained, be widely flooded by epeiric seas. 1939 R. Ruedemann in Ruedemann & Balk Geol. N. Amer. I. 48 The geosynclines appear to be the compensating areas of subcrustal flowage between the subsiding oceans and the unmoved or horst-like neutral areas or ‘kratogens’ of the positive elements. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles v. 91 Certainly, the Midlands of England formed a kratogen which persisted throughout the Ordovician and Silurian. Derivatives kratoˈgenic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [adjective] > kratogen kratogenic1934 cratonic1935 cratonal1944 1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 83 515 After a few preliminary chapters dealing with the evolution of orogenic and kratogenic (continental) areas, he sets forth his views on..mountain-building. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles vi. 129 The marginal facies of south Shropshire and the English Midlands, which were similarly laid down on the margins of the (Midlands) kratogenic block and by shallow seas spreading across it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1923
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