The word craton (old kratogen) introduced by Leopold Kober in 1936 indicates interior parts of the continent that are strong and stable. Nowadays cratons are considered ancient stable lithospheric tectonic units that are generally devoid of Phanerozoic magmatic processes, tectonic deformations, and earthquakes (Sengor, 1999). Nevertheless, growing studies have documented that some cratons considered to be stable have experienced episodic rejuvenation events throughout their history (Holdsworth et al., 2001;Lee et al., 2011;Wu et al., 2019). Therefore, rejuvenation of cratons could be considered to be a regular process. Then the rejuvenation of cratons and its associated processes, most probably, play an important role in continental evolution. Imaging and characterizing this process would result in singular new knowledge which contributes to the understanding of the formation and evolution of Earth. The rejuvenation of the cratons (the stable and strong core of the continents) involves: thinning of the lithosphere; increase in crustal and upper mantle temperature gradient; magmatic intrusions; changes in the composition; and, also, tectonic deformation (
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