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