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terrane
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English
Etymology
Variant form of terrain.
Noun
terrane (plural terranes)
- (geology) A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 195:
- The mountain belt came together as an accretion of terranes.
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