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Caledonian terrane relationships in Britain: an introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. Stone  and
G. S. Kimbell
P. Stone
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK
G. S. Kimbell
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
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terrane (ter-rane’) A fault-bounded body of rock of regional extent, characterized by a geological history different from that of contiguous terranes. A terrane is generally considered to be a discrete allochthonous fragment of oceanic or continental material added to a craton at an active margin by accretion. A. G. I. Glossary of Geology. 3rd edition, 1987.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 132 , Issue 5 , September 1995 , pp. 461 - 464
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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