
Which of the following is true of terranes?
A) they are larger-scale migrating crustal pieces i.e. ,microplates.
B) they may accrete onto continents and thereby increase the size of the continents.
C) they are destroyed by fracture zones.
D) they are very similar in composition to the continents to which they attach.
E) they can move tens of kilometres from their place of origin.
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