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- 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...
- Snyder, Walter (1985). "Structure of the Havallah sequence, Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Evidence for prolonged evolution in an accretionary prism". Retrieved...
- 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...
- Iapetus Ocean. P****ive margin sequences are preserved within the lowermost allochthon and parautochthon of the Caledonian thrust sheets. In southern Norway...
- 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...
- Precambrian allochthon formations. Tectonic shortening at the margin of the ancient continent Baltica produced the Lower Allochthon, Middle Allochthon and Upper...
- variously microcontinents, continental ribbons, H-blocks, extensional allochthons and outer highs. Because most stresses relate to the tectonic activity...
- 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...
- Rodinia Middle allochthon also derived from the margin of the Baltic plate, Proterozoic ba****t and its psammitic cover Upper allochthon thrust sheets...