Definition of Allochthon. Meaning of Allochthon. Synonyms of Allochthon

- An allochthon, or an allochthonous block, is a large block of rock which has been moved from its original site of formation, usually by low angle thrust...
- northeast of Northland in early Miocene times, causing the Northland Allochthon to thrust over much of the peninsula and volcanic belts to develop on...
- America named the "Taconic Orogeny". The range is part of the Taconic Allochthon, a local rock structure which traveled to its current position from about...
- or if small islands remained as "arks" preserving fauna and flora. An allochthon is land that formed elsewhere and slid on top of other land (in other...
- Iapetus Ocean. P****ive margin sequences are preserved within the lowermost allochthon and parautochthon of the Caledonian thrust sheets. In southern Norway...
- metal band Chthonic, Psychological term: spirit of the nature within Allochthon, structural geology: from the Gr**** "allo", meaning other, and "chthon"...
- Rodinia Middle allochthon also derived from the margin of the Baltic plate, Proterozoic ba****t and its psammitic cover Upper allochthon thrust sheets...
- stated in the abstract of their 1983 report that The Roberts Mountains allochthon was probably the subduction complex or accretionary prism of an intra-oceanic...
- composed of Waitemata sandstone and mudstone, and portions of the Northland Allochthon extend as far south as Albany. Little Barrier Island was formed by a relatively...
- 5 billion years ago. Geologists subdivide the Grenville Province into the Allochthon along the river itself and the more northern Parautochthon. The Parautochthon...