The green, yellow and red areas are younger and thinner continental lithosphere added around the margins of the original craton ... indicates the borders of the stable part of the continent.

Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be ... The study examined the changes to the North China Craton (NCC) over 200 million years. Scientists observed subduction as well as a process known ...

These deposits are situated on the Pilbara Craton, an ancient and stable part of Earth's crust. This piece of crust is one of two pieces that are part of Archaean Eon, which dates back 3.8 billion ...