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What does allochthonous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Originating in a place other than where it is found.
  2. (geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation.
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These sea ice communities can be supported by materials that are allochthonous and autochthonous.
These rocks are also of biogeographic interest because unlike truly allochthonous terranes they are parautochthonous with respect to the craton.
Although some skeletal remains are evidently allochthonous, other remains are probably parautochthonous.
Synorogenic flysch deposits were laid down in front of the advancing allochthonous complexes, and were overridden by them.
This has led to debate on whether this basement complex is allochthonous or autochthonous.
The Menderes Massif is part of the Menderes-Tauride Block, a post-Permian microcontinent, which is allochthonous with respect to both Eurasia and Gondwana.

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