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parautochthonous, a. Geol.|pærɔːˈtɒkθənəs|
[f. para-1 + autochthonous a.; prob. orig. formed in Ger.]
Intermediate in character between autochthonous and allochthonous.
1927L. W. Collet Struct. Alps i. vi. 20 The Morcles Nappe and similar parautochthonous folds. 1935E. B. Bailey Tectonic Ess. iii. 34 In parautochthonous folds and thrust-masses (Arnold Heim) the travel of the rock has been considerable or great, according to ordinary standards, but small in the Alpine scale of magnitudes. 1962Read & Watson Introd. Geol. I. x. 580 Parautochthonous granites have travelled only a short distance from their place of origin. 1963J. G. Ramsay in Johnson & Stewart Brit. Caledonides vii. 166 It is not certain where these pieces have their roots. They might be parautochthonous folds, but some evidence seems to indicate that a few might represent the noses of nappes. |