accretionary wedge
Noun
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Noun
accretionary wedge (plural accretionary wedges)
- (geology) The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.
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