continental shield

English - Turkish

Definition of continental shield in English Turkish dictionary

kıta kalkan

English - English

Definition of continental shield in English English dictionary

Any of the large stable areas of low relief (little variation in elevations) in the Earth's crust that are composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks. These rocks are always more than 570 million years old, and some are as old as 2-3 billion years. Continental shields occur on each of the continents

Hyphenation

Con·ti·nen·tal shield

Turkish pronunciation

käntınentıl şild

Pronunciation

/ˌkäntəˈnentəl ˈsʜēld/ /ˌkɑːntəˈnɛntəl ˈʃiːld/