Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Carolina Terrane, also called the Carolina Superterrane or Carolinia, is an exotic terrane [1] running ~370 miles (600 km) approximately North-South from central Georgia to central Virginia in the United States.
The terrane is located at the junction between the Western Blue Ridge and the Eastern Blue Ridge Mountains. The unique lithology ., [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] age, [ 4 ] and metamorphic history [ 5 ] of the MHT suggest an exotic terrane origin, unrelated to either the Laurentian or peri- Gondwanan terranes that make up most of the Appalachian Mountains.
In geology, a terrane (/ t ə ˈ r eɪ n, ˈ t ɛr eɪ n /; [1] [2] in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or "sutured" to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment preserves its distinctive geologic history, which is different from the ...
Carolina plate – Exotic terrane from central Georgia to central Virginia in the United States; Churchill Craton – Geologic region in Canada (Canada) Farallon plate – Ancient oceanic plate that has mostly subducted under the North American plate (split into the Cocos, Explorer, Juan de Fuca, Gorda plates, Nazca plate, and Rivera plates)
Cache Creek terrane – Geologic terrane in British Columbia and southern Yukon, Canada; Carolina terrane – Exotic terrane from central Georgia to central Virginia in the United States; Cassiar terrane – Cretaceous terrane located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia and southern Yukon
AOL Mail welcomes Verizon customers to our safe and delightful email experience!
The basement of Avalonia is poorly known, but, based on isotopic analyses, proto-Avalonia most likely evolved together with Carolina about 800 Ma from volcanic arcs far offshore from the supercontinent Rodinia, most likely outboard continental terranes of more obvious West African affinities, such as Cadomia and Iberia. About 650 Ma the ...
At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the ...