terrane

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In mountainous terrane, dissolution can extend all the way through the vertical profile of the mountain, with caverns dropping thousands of feet.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

A terrane is a distinctive block of crust that is now part of a continent, but is thought to have come from elsewhere, and was added on by plate-tectonic processes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

What is the connection between terrane accretion on the west coast and the relatively rapid accumulation of sediments within the WCSB?

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

As the Kula Plate collided with North America and terrane after terrane was plastered to the continent, great slabs of rock were thrust up.

From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2012

It formed when yet another terrane slammed into North America in the Cretaceous, about 120 million years ago, and is composed of metamorphosed oceanic basalt.

From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2012