continental nucleus

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continental nucleus [¦känt·ən¦ent·əl ′nü·klē·əs]

(geology)

A large area of basement rock consisting of basaltic and more mafic oceanic crust and periodotitic mantle from which it is postulated that continents have grown. Also known as continental shield; cratogene; shield.

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