Canada United States Accreted terranes Island arc Sonoma Terrane |Submarine deposits North American Craton Ancient ocean floor Displaced continental United States fragments Меxico 600 km Figure 3.33 North American terranes. These fragments have differing histories and origins. Some have moved thousands of kilometers to be scraped off onto the North American core as their transporting plate subducted. Gujweajobebuag o Wrangelia Terane

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Do you live on a terrane?

Canada
United States
Accreted terranes
Island arc
Sonoma
Terrane
|Submarine
deposits
North American
Craton
Ancient
ocean floor
Displaced
continental
United States
fragments
Меxico
600
km
Figure 3.33 North American terranes. These fragments have differing
histories and origins. Some have moved thousands of kilometers to be
scraped off onto the North American core as their transporting plate
subducted.
Gujweajobebuag o
Wrangelia Terane
Transcribed Image Text:Canada United States Accreted terranes Island arc Sonoma Terrane |Submarine deposits North American Craton Ancient ocean floor Displaced continental United States fragments Меxico 600 km Figure 3.33 North American terranes. These fragments have differing histories and origins. Some have moved thousands of kilometers to be scraped off onto the North American core as their transporting plate subducted. Gujweajobebuag o Wrangelia Terane
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