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- Process whereby part of the
subducted plate and/or associated
igneous rocks and deep-sea sediments are broken off
and pushed up onto the overriding plate.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- The overriding or overthrusting of oceanic crust onto the leading edges of
continental lithospheric plates; plate accretion. See also:
subduction AGI
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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