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allochthonous

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al⋅loch⋅tho⋅nous

  [uh-lok-thuh-nuhs]
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–adjective Geology. (of rocks, minerals, etc.)
not formed in the region where found. Compare autochthonous (def. 4).
Origin:
1910–15; allo- + -chthonous, modeled after autochthonous
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allochthonous

adjective
of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed [ant: autochthonous] 
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