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- An accretionary wedge or accretionary prism forms from sediments accreted onto the non-subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. Most of...
- Rounded balls of tephra are called accretionary lapilli if they consist of layered volcanic ash particles. Accretionary lapilli are formed by a process of...
- lithosphere subducts beneath the less dense continental lithosphere. An accretionary wedge forms on the continental crust as deep-sea sediments and oceanic...
- is called an accretionary orogen. The North American Cordillera and the Lachlan Orogen of southeast Australia are examples of accretionary orogens. The...
- "bulldozed" onto the edge of the overriding plate, producing an accretionary wedge or accretionary prism. This builds the overriding plate outwards. Because...
- the companion region behind the volcanic arc. Many forearcs have an accretionary wedge which may form a topographic ridge known as an outer arc ridge...
- the plate descends. This ac****ulated material is called an accretionary wedge (or accretionary prism), which is pushed against and attaches to the upper...
- a tectonic plate by addition of material along a convergent boundary Accretionary wedge Accretion (finance), predictable changes in the price of certain...
- minerals commonly exhibit elongated hexagonal prisms. An accretionary prism or accretionary wedge is formed from sediments that are accreted onto the...
- thrómbos meaning "clot" and λῐ́θος líthos meaning "stone") are clotted accretionary structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding, and cementation...