accretionary wedge

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accretionary wedge, prism

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology a body of deformed sediments, wedge-shaped in two dimensions or prism-shaped in three dimensions, that has been scraped off the surface of the oceanic lithosphere as it moves downwards beneath a continent or island arc. The sediments are added to the continental edge

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No references found			From the information recorded in the cores, the research team can draw conclusions on the mechanics of the accretionary wedge. Ocean-drilling expedition cites new evidence related to origin and ... by Asian News International The closing of ocean basins through subduction means that the ultimate fate of these turbidite sequences is to be highly fragmented and deformed in subduction zone accretionary wedges and eventually to form part of collisional orogenic belts, and become welded into the crystalline metamorphic fabric of continental crust. Turbidite sedimentation by Normarck, William R.; Piper, David J.W. / Oceanus The Barga Terrane is interpreted as having formed in ocean-margin environment with active island-and-Andean type magnetic arcs, rifted basis, accretionary wedges and continental margins. Apiva Announces It Has Acquired An Interest In Mineral Exploration ... by Business Wire			accouplement Accourage Accourt accouter accoutered accouterment Accouterments accoutre accoutred accoutrement accoutrements Accoy Accra accredit accreditation accredited Accrementitial accrementition accresce Accrescence accrescent accrete accretion accretion disk accretionary accretionary wedge accretive accriminate Accrington accroach Accroachment accroides accroides gum accroides resin accrual accrual basis accrue accrued accruement Accruer Accrument acct acct. accubation acculturate acculturation acculturational acculturative Accumb Accumbency accumbent			Accretion (science) Accretion (science) Accretion (science) Accretion disc Accretion disc accretion disk accretion disk accretion hypothesis accretion line Accretion of Discount Accretion Premium Due Amount accretion tectonics Accretion theory accretion topography accretion vein accretion zone accretionary accretionary accretionary accretionary accretionary accretionary growth Accretionary lapilli Accretionary lapilli Accretionary lapillo Accretionary lapillo accretionary lava ball accretionary limestone accretionary prism accretionary ridge accretionary wedge accretions accretions accretions accretions accretions accretive accretive accretive accretive accretive Accretive Acquisition Accretive Acquisitions Accretive mergers Accretive mergers accretive operator ACCRF ACCRI accriminate Accrington Accrington Accrington Stanley Football Club ACCRO accroach accroach Accroachment Accroachment accroides accroides gum accroides resin ACCRSS

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