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| Title: | Terrane Formation. |
| Caption: | This animation examines how terranes can accrete to continental lithosphere. It follows a volcanic island arc and a seamount over the course of 100 million years as tectonic processes force them onto a continent. |
| Keywords: | plate tectonics, tectonic plates, convergent plate boundary, convergent plate boundaries, subduction, volcanism, volcanic island arcs, seamounts, accreted terranes, continental lithosphere, oceanic lithosphere |