1) Geological area for a renter 2) Rock formation, to geologists
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A terrane in geology is a shorthand term for a tectonostratigraphic terrane, which is a fragment of crustal material formed on, or broken off from, one tectonic plate and accreted or `sutured` to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment preserves its own distinctive geologic history, which is different from that of the surroun.....
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• (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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(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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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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In geology, the term terrane describes a group of rocks having a common age or origin. The term is nearly equivalent to formation, but is used somewhat less comprehensively.
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A general term used to refer to a piece of the crust that is usually smaller than a continent but larger than an island.
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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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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 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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(microplate) A fragment of the lithosphere, smaller than a plate, that forms a portion of an accreted terrane margin.
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