English Explanatory Dictionary

accretionary wedge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

accretionary wedge accretionary wedges

Synonyms

accretionary prism
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