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accretionary wedges

accretionary wedges is the plural of accretionary wedge.

Meaning of accretionary wedge

Noun

accretionary wedge (plural accretionary wedges)

  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.

Questions about accretionary wedges

What is accretionary wedges the plural of?
Accretionary wedges is the plural of accretionary wedge.

Words near accretionary wedges in the dictionary

  1. accretionarily
  2. accretionary
  3. accretionary prism
  4. accretionary prisms
  5. accretionary wedge
  6. accretionary wedges
  7. accretions
  8. accretive
  9. accretively
  10. accretivity
  11. accretor

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