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allochthon
allochthon Geol. (æˈlɒkθən) [G., or back-formation f. next.] An allochthonous rock formation; opp. autochthon 4.1942 M. P. Billings Struct. Geol. x. 181 Rocks..have traveled many miles from their original place of deposition and are said to be allochthonous..these rocks are sometimes called the allo...
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Allochthon
An allochthon which is isolated from the rock that pushed it into position is called a klippe. If an allochthon has a "hole" in it so that one can view the autochthon beneath the allochthon, the hole is called a "window" (or Fenster).
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Autochthon (geology)
If an overlying allochthon has an opening or hole which exposes the underlying autochthonous material, the hole is called a window or fenster.
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autochthon
autochthon (ɔːˈtɒkθən, -əʊn) Pl. autochthons, or in L. form autochthones (ɔːˈtɒkθəniːz). [a. Gr. αὐτόχθων sprung from that land itself, f. αὐτο- (see auto-1) + χθών, χθονός, earth, soil.] 1. lit. A human being sprung from the soil he inhabits; a ‘son of the soil.’1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 274 Th...
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Chthon
spirits of the underworld in Greek mythology
Chthonic (band), a Taiwanese black metal band
Chthonic, Psychological term: spirit of the nature within
Allochthon
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Waitemata Group
Deformation
The Waitemata Group formed during the emplacement of the Northland Allochthon and is sometimes inter-bedded with it. The Allochthon continued to move South during deposition and some areas of the Waitemata Group are therefore extensively deformed.
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Geology of the Northland Region
The allochthon includes displaced Te Kuiti group rocks. Many of the hills in Northland are formed from the Tangihua Complex rocks of the Northland Allochthon.
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Sierra El Aliso
Middle Mississippian fossils in the Sonora allochthon have been found in the Sierra El Aliso.
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移置岩体
语源
「移置岩体」的学术名称「allochthon」源于古希腊文的「」(其他)及「」(地球/土地);而其相反词「原地岩体」(autochthon;)则源于「」(自我)跟「」。
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Sonoma orogeny
The Havallah sequence is underlain by the Golconda thrust, and is therefore a component of the Golconda allochthon. Speed observed that there are no arc-derived sedimentary rocks in the Golconda allochthon.
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Tectonostratigraphy
far travelled thrust sheets derived from the Baltic plate passive margin, mainly sediments associated with the break-up of Rodinia
Middle allochthon also derived from the margin of the Baltic plate, Proterozoic basement and its psammitic cover
Upper allochthon
thrust sheets including island arc
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Coles Hill uranium deposit
The Coles Hill uranium deposit is located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the Smith River allochthon of southern Virginia.
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Lewis Hills
An ophiolite and Peridotite complex, the Lewis Hills is the southernmost of four such complexes located within the Humber Arm Allochthon, a world-renowned
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Solund Basin
When they were first described in 1926, they were interpreted as small thrust sheets involving the emplacement of slices of the underlying upper allochthon The mylonites immediately beneath the Solund Fault appear to be a highly deformed version of the mafic rocks of the upper allochthon.
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Geology of Norway
Passive margin sequences are preserved within the lowermost allochthon and parautochthon of the Caledonian thrust sheets. The depositional environment changes from fluvial in the parautochthon to deepwater marine in the lowermost allochthon consistent with a paleogeography
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