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forearcs

forearcs is the plural of forearc.

Meaning of forearc

Noun

forearc (plural forearcs)

  1. A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.
    • These offshore Sonoman mountains likely formed an orogenic (mountainous) barrier to moisture inland, resulting in a mountain-shadow onshore desert punctuated by regional annual and large basin perennial streams draining into a forearc saline sea.2012, Chinle Miller, “The Tectonic Forces of the Mesozoic”, in In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition, page 34

Questions about forearcs

What is forearcs the plural of?
Forearcs is the plural of forearc.

Words near forearcs in the dictionary

  1. foreappointment
  2. foreappoints
  3. foreapprove
  4. foreapproved
  5. forearc
  6. forearcs
  7. forearm
  8. forearm bone
  9. forearm bones
  10. forearm crutch
  11. forearm crutches

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