Platforms and shields together make up cratons. The shield is the part of the craton that is exposed at Earth's surface and the platform is the part of the craton that is covered by sedimentary strata.
The continents are shaped the way they are because of erosion.
Yes.
It's called the Canadian Shield.
1. The continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. 2. There are animal and plant species, extant and extinct, present on separated continents.
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John Craton was born in 1953.
The relatively stable interior portion of a continent is a craton.
Platforms and shields together make up cratons. The shield is the part of the craton that is exposed at Earth's surface and the platform is the part of the craton that is covered by sedimentary strata.
Craton
Craton refers to the stable interior portion of a continent. It is composed of ancient crystalline basement rock, containing both shields and platforms.
A craton
the earths continents are the same ..
The North American Craton.
Eastern Canada.
The continents are shaped the way they are because of erosion.
The continents look like that because they use to be a SUPER-CONTINENT called PANGAEA.