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Crust vs Terrane - What's the difference?

crust | terrane |

In geology|lang=en terms the difference between crust and terrane

is that crust is (geology) the outermost layer of the lithosphere of the earth while terrane is (geology) a block of the earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.

As nouns the difference between crust and terrane

is that crust is a more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary while terrane is (geology) a block of the earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.

As a verb crust

is to cover with a crust.

crust

English

(wikipedia crust)

Noun

  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • The external layer of most types of bread.
  • An outer layer composed of pastry
  • * Dryden
  • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
  • * Macaulay
  • They made the crust for the venison pasty.
  • The bread-like base of a pizza.
  • (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  • (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
  • You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
  • *
  • crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a crust.
  • * Boyle
  • The whole body is crusted over with ice.
  • * Felton
  • Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.
  • To form a crust.
  • Anagrams

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    terrane

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 195:
  • *:The mountain belt came together as an accretion of terranes .
  • See also

    * terrain

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