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terrane
A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults
A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its drainage basin
a term applied to a group of related rocks and to the area in which they crop out Adjacent terranes do not have rocks which formed in the same geogra-phical area or were formed by similar geological processes
- a crustal block bounded by faults whose geologic history differs from the histories of adjoining crustal blocks; often exotic in not being native to its current locale
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively
A fault-bounded body of rock of regional extent, characterised by a geological history different from that of contiguous terranes or bounding continents
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