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Isua Greenstone Belt (4,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part of the Isua Greenstone Belt has been interpreted as part of an accretionary wedge on the basis of numerous small faults and apparent repetitions of

Gulf of Cádiz (882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

emplacement of the Gibraltar Arc and formation of the Gulf of Cádiz accretionary wedge. The current activity of the subduction is unclear, with some advocating

Sumatra Trench (2,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

distinctive strip-thrust fold locates on the western boundary of the accretionary wedge occurs on south of Enggano Island. A deformed and relatively thin

Geology of Venezuela (669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mango Gneiss formed. More broadly schist and gneiss formed in the accretionary wedge. During the Miocene and Pliocene, extensive sediments accumulated

Kapuni (1,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

During the Lower Cretaceous (~150–100 Ma) Rangitata Orogeny, an accretionary wedge accumulated and was uplifted on the margin of Gondwana in present-day

Banda Arc (916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

previous interpretations of the island of Timor have placed it as an accretionary wedge, it is in fact a mixture of Banda fore-arc volcanic rocks and the

Coast Range Ophiolite (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

crust onto land. Most of the rocks in the ophiolite were part of an accretionary wedge on the continental margin of Laurasia that was thrust onto land during

Subduction polarity reversal (2,756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cross-section C-C’: Drastic collision between two plate creates an accretionary wedge and develops orogenic belt. Taiwan orogens reached the maximum height

Geology of the Waikato-King Country Region (1,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Waikato Heads to Awakino. The Murihiku Terrane is considered to be an accretionary wedge of mainly volcanogenic forearc sediments. It was formed in Late Triassic

Panthalassa (2,393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which produced (west to east) a magmatic arc, a forearc basin, and an accretionary wedge. Subduction ceased along that margin in the Late Carboniferous and

Oblique subduction (4,431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stretching and folding of forearc basins and lateral migration of the accretionary wedge in the southern Ryukyus: A case of strain partition caused by oblique

Offshore Indus Basin (1,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

faults, folds and shale diapirs in the hanging wall. The Makran accretionary wedge, north of the Murray ridge, developed in response to the subduction

Farallon Trench (1,176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Farallon Plate subducted below the California continental margin an accretionary wedge was formed in the trench, which yielded unique rock types as a result

Sulawesi (7,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the area, a volcanic seamount with its surrounding ridges, and an accretionary wedge. Off the coast of east Selawesti and Banggai is an accumulation of

Geology of the Auckland Region (3,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Waikato River. The Murihiku Terrane is considered to be an accretionary wedge of mainly volcanogenic forearc sediments. It was formed in Late Triassic

Algoman orogeny (3,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

contains migmatite.: 46–47 The Quetico gneiss belt represents an accretionary wedge that formed in a trench during the collision of several island arcs

Glossary of geology (10,353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

internal structure or layers. mélange Large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge above a subduction zone. melanocratic A term applied to rocks which

British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate (3,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

seismic reflection data from the frontal part of the Timor trough accretionary wedge, eastern Indonesia" (PDF). In Hall R.; Blundell D.J. (eds.). Tectonic