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In the north, from Cape Runaway to Tokata, are allochthonous basaltic rocks, believed to represent sea floor, that has been obducted onto the land.
As the allochthonous elements in the Shale strata ( Cipit boulders ) show a good preservation, fossils and microbialites contained in these elements are useful in detailed geochemical analyses.
In general, to the east of the line has allochthonous rocks formed elsewhere, which have experienced great tectonic movement in a westward direction on top of the underlying bedrock.
Beneath the sediments of the Gulf of Mexico basin, most of the pre-Triassic basement rocks are believed to be allochthonous thrust sheets sutured during the formation of Pangaea.
As Panthalassa subducted along its western margin during the Triassic and Early Jurassic, these seamounts and palaeo-atolls were accreted as allochthonous limestone blocks and fragments along the Asian margin.

Due to the spreading growth of the vegetation at the barriers, allochthonous ( species that do not belong to this ecosystem ) fish species spread quickly and thus endanger autochthonous trout species.
Along the Uruguayan east coast ( reaching into Brazil ) is the Cuchilla Dionisio Terrane, an allochthonous African block juxtaposed to the RPC along the Sierra Ballena Shear Zone ( SBSZ ).
The original paleogeographic position of the continental blocks is debated, but some studies suggest a Gondwana affinity of many allochthonous terranes, whereas others infer a Siberian or Tarim origin for the same blocks.
The populations of the allochthonous pike-perch have visible negative effects on the autochthonous ichthyofauna in Jablani ko Lake; in the artificial Salakova ko Lake these effects are in progress and less visible.
Microbial decomposition should play the largest role in energy production for low-ordered sites and large rivers, while photosynthesis, in addition to degraded allochthonous inputs from upstream will be essential in mid-ordered systems.

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