Look up: Terrane

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   terrane
   n. A general term used to refer to a piece of the crust that is usually smaller than a continent but larger than an island; exotic terrane- n. terrane that has an unknown origin or a different origin than its surrounding rocks.
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   Terrane
   Ter'rane noun [ French terrain , from Latin terra earth.] (Geol.) A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation , but used somewhat less comprehensively.
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   Terrane
   Ter'rane noun (Geology) A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its drainage basin.
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   terrane
   <geology> A group of rocks having a common age or origin; nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively. ... Origin: F. Terrain, from L. Terra earth. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Terrane
   A `terrane` in paleogeography is a fragment of crustal material formed on, or broken off from, one tectonic plate and accreted---`sutured`---to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment preserves its own distinctive geologic history, which is different from the surrounding areas (thus the occasional term `exotic` terrane). The suture zone between a terrane and the crust it attaches to is usually represented by a fault. In the l...
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   Terrane
   • (n.) A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its drainage basin. • (n.) A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.
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   terrane
   (from the article `Cambrian Period`) Several terranes (fault-bounded fragments of the Earth`s crust) seem to have been located near or attached to the margin of the northern Africa ... Devonian rocks are widespread in Asia east of the Ural Mountains; however, in Devonian time Asia was composed of separated microcratons, or terranes, ......
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   terrane
   terrane 1. A series of related rock formations.2. An area having a proponderance of a particular rock or rock groups.3. A section of the Earth's crust that is defined by clear fault boundaries, with stratigraphic and structural properties that distinguish it from adjacent rocks.
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