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Noun
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
“In addition, accretionary wedge includes wedge top basin or piggy back basin that extends parallel to foredeep.”
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