Accretionary Prism, Illustration
by Gwen Shockey
Title
Accretionary Prism, Illustration
Artist
Gwen Shockey
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Illustration showing the formation of an accretionary prism. Comprised of marine sediments scraped off from the downgoing slab of oceanic crust or erosional products of volcanic island arcs that are accreted onto the non-subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary.
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August 5th, 2015
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