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Terrane is a noun that refers to a large area of land that is characterized by a particular type of rock or geological formation
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- A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.
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These three zones are part of one terrane.
The terrane displays amphibolite to granulite facies metamorphism.
Each accretion left a terrane of rock of a single age.
They provide constraints on the provenance of this allochthonous pericratonic terrane.
The terrane is also divided into six structural and stratigraphic divisions.
Changes in mineralogical composition in a terrane reflect differences in metamorphic grade of the rocks.
The processes described are probably typical of recurrent motions along terrane boundaries.
The type of metamorphic zones in a terrane are also determined by the form of metamorphism.
This deformation was connected with the attachment of the terrane to the continent.
The Lhasa terrane is the farthest south of these terranes.
Textural relationships show that metamorphism occurred at different times relative to deformation across the terrane.
The terrane has been deeply eroded since its deformation during the late Paleozoic.
Some faults developed along Acadian terrane boundaries.
The Teslin fault was an active terrane boundary during accretion of terranes onto North America.
This geometry is consistent with emplacement of the Crescent terrane by oblique subduction.
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The terrane Avalonia.
There are additional associated Mesoproterozoic outcrops that may also be a part of the terrane.
The Cape Ray granite forms a dominantly tonalitic terrane derived by partial melting of ophiolitic material.
This scenario then permits rapid transport north of crustal blocks such as the Yakutat terrane.
The status of Idefjorden Terrane as a true terrane is disputed.
It has also been mined within the Caples Terrane schist.
Pelso Plate or Pelsonia Terrane is a small tectonic unit.
It is unclear how this zone is related to the Carolina Terrane.
The Chilliwack terrane of southwestern British Columbia is a Pliensbachian paleobiogeographic anomaly.
The gorge at the Reversing Rapids displays a terrane contact.
This terrane forms parts of what is now Chocó Department and Western Panamá.
We refer to this Paleoproterozoic crust herein as the Selway terrane.
This belt extends from the Wrangellia Terrane in Alaska to the Chilliwack group of Canada.
The Eastern Highlands shear zone is therefore not a terrane boundary.
This suggests that the Yukon Crystalline Terrane is allochthonous with respect to the Omineca Belt.
This is a unique lunar geological province that is now known as the Procellarum KREEP Terrane.
The Meguma Zone of southern Nova Scotia is a suspect terrane in the eastern Appalachians.
Therefore, the terrane transferred from one plate to the other.
Granitic orthogneiss forms an important component of the Barkerville terrane of southeastern British Columbia.
Canada 's geological terrane provides a rich and abundant variety of mineral resources.
These five units correlate with rocks in the Alexander Terrane in southeastern Alaska.
Viewed as a whole, the Brookville terrane is isotopically more evolved than the Caledonia terrane.
The Murihiku terrane.
Avalonia is a terrane that accreted to Laurentia-Baltica during the development of the Appalachian-Caledonide Orogen.
The Granulite terrane.
This terrane contains New Zealand's oldest rocks.
Geological history of the precordillera terrane " precordillera.
Slide Mountain Terrane assemblages, designated divisions I and II, form the lowest structural panels.
Geologically, it corresponds to a craton, terrane or block of continental crust.
The oldest rocks in the park are part of the Yukon-Tanana terrane.
Following the crystallization of migmatites, the terrane cooled rapidly, as indicated by argon thermochronology.
The mountains are made of schist, part of the Nason terrane.
In recent years Matthew 's fossils and the Avalon Terrane have received much attention.
Northwest of the dacite, rocks belong to the Brookville Terrane.
Wrangellia, a geologic terrane of Southeast Alaska.
