Terrane
Origin
Variant form of terrain.
Full definition of terrane
Noun
terrane
(plural terranes)- (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.