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Terrane
Terrane Ter"rane, n. (Geog.)
A region or limited area considered with reference to some
special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its
drainage basin.
Terrane
Terrane Ter"rane, n. [F. terrain, from L. terra earth.]
(Geol.)
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly
equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less
comprehensively.
Meaning of Terrane from wikipedia
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Birminian terrane Kahiltna terrane Likasi terrane Mozambique Belt Asia
Aldan terrane Birekte terrane Bargusin terrane Daldyn terrane Magan terrane Markha...
- The
Burma terrane or West
Burma block was an
isolated Gondwana-derived
island arc
within the
Tethys Ocean. The
terrane was in the
upper plate of the subduction...
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Wrangellia terrane (named for the
Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) is a
crustal fragment (
terrane)
extending from the south-central...
- The
Sonomia terrane is a
geologic crustal block known as a "
terrane"
whose remnants are
today centered in
northwest Nevada, and
extends into
western California...
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Spavinaw terrane is an
occurrence of
Proterozoic (1.40–1.35 Ga)
intrusive and
volcanic rocks in the mid-continent
region of the
United States. The
terrane extends...
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Highlands Terrane, and the
South Pole–Aitken
Terrane. Each
terrane has a
unique origin, composition, and
thermal evolution. The
Procellarum KREEP Terrane, or...
- The
Central Highlands terrane in Scotland, also
known as the
Grampian terrane, is a
sequence of
early Paleozoic metamorphic rocks containing many igneous...
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Cimmeria was an
ancient continent, or, rather, a
string of
microcontinents or
terranes, that
rifted from
Gondwana in the
Southern Hemisphere and was accreted...
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Terrane,
Raleigh Terrane,
Spring Hope
Terrane,
Roanoke Rapids Terrane,
Uchee Terrane,
Savannah River Terrane,
Augusta Terrane,
Milledgeville Terrane,...
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Lesser Caucasus Terrane in Georgia; the Sanand, Alborz, and Lut
terranes in Iran; the
Mangysglak Terrane in the
Caspian Sea; the
Afghan Terrane; the Karakorum...
