Multiple Choice
Terranes refer to
A) subducted oceanic crust that is melted and later reaches the surface in volcanic eruptions or cools in the subsurface as an intrusive body.
B) fragmented crustal material from one plate and accreted to another plate.
C) the topography of a tract of land.
D) a large region where a craton is exposed at the surface.
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