Most of the displaced terranes of North America were accreted to the continent:
A) about 300 million years ago during the formation of the mid- Atlantic ridge.
B) about 230 million years ago during the formation of Pangaea.
C) less than 200 million years ago, after the breakup of Pangaea.
D) less than 100 million years ago, when North America collided with Wrangellia over the equator.
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