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

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


Answer: A

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