Definition of Terranes

1. Noun. (plural of terrane) ¹

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Definition of Terranes

1. terrane [n] - See also: terrane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terranes

terracottas
terraculture
terrae
terraform
terraformed
terraformer
terraforming
terraforms
terrain
terrain flight
terrain intelligence
terrain park
terrain parks
terrains
terrane
terranes (current term)
terranovaite
terrapene
terrapenes
terrapin
terrapins
terraqueous
terraria
terrarium
terrariums
terras
terrases
terrawatts
terrazzo

Literary usage of Terranes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"Structural Geology treats of the mineral constituents of terranes; of the rocks which the minerals form; and of the structure and general arrangement or ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"THE USE OF FOSSILS IN DETERMINING THE AGE OF GEOLOGIC terranes. ... age of separate terranes the following rules are believed to be generally applicable. 1. ..."

3. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1895)
"... Wm. Strieby: The Choctaw and Grayson terranes of the Arietina, FW Cragin: Descriptions of new species of Invertebrate from the Comanche series in Texas, ..."

4. Revised Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana, William North Rice (1897)
"ROCK MASSES, OR terranes. The rocks above described are the material of which the great rock masses, or terranes, of the globe consist. ..."

5. Revised Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana, William North Rice (1897)
"ROCK MASSES, OR terranes. The rocks above described are the material of which the great rock masses, or terranes, of the globe consist. ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"... Whenever the attempt is made to determine the relative geologic age of separate terranes the following rules are believed to be generally applicable. 1. ..."

7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"TERTIARY terranes OF NEW MEXICO. BY CHARLES R. KEYES. Deposits of Tertiary age are extensively developed in New Mexico. The greatest thicknesses are found ..."

8. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"TERTIARY terranes OF NEW MEXICO. BY CHARLES R. KEYES. Deposits of Tertiary age are extensively developed in New Mex- The greatest thicknesses are found in ..."

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