accretionary wedge
accretionary prism
noun
geology
a body of deformed sediments, wedge-shaped in two dimensions or prism-shaped in three dimensions, that has been scraped off the surface of the oceanic lithosphere as it moves downwards beneath a continent or island arc. The sediments are added to the continental edge
Words nearby accretionary wedge
accrete,
accretio cordis,
accretion,
accretion disk,
accretionary growth,
accretionary wedge,
accrington,
accroach,
accroides gum,
accrual,
accrual basis