suture
joining together along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic and paleogeographic histories
en-GB/ˈsuːt͡ʃə/
en-US/ˈsut͡ʃɚ/
joining together along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic and paleogeographic histories