Platform (geology)
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| Shield Platform Orogen Basin Large igneous province Extended crust | Oceanic crust: 0–20 Ma 20–65 Ma >65 Ma |
In geology, a platform is a continental area covered by relatively flat or gently tilted, mainly sedimentary strata, which overlie a basement of consolidated igneous or metamorphic rocks of an earlier deformation. Platforms, shields and the basement rocks together constitute cratons.
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Parker, Sybil P. (Ed.). 1997. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy. New York: McGraw-Hill.
