In order for a terrane to become attached to a continent, it typically

A) is shifted there suddenly by an earthquake.
B) originated as a meteor that fell over a continent.
C) becomes scraped of a subducting plate.
D) is transported by a glacier.
E) results from the collision of two continental plates.


C) becomes scraped of a subducting plate.

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