What Is an Accretionary Wedge

question 35

Multiple Choice

What is an accretionary wedge?

• A)Deformed and thrust-faulted continental lithosphere
• B)A fan of sediments at the bottom of a deep-ocean trench
• C)Sediments and ocean crust fragments being scraped off of a subducting plate
• D)Fault blocks that are slipping down due to extension in a back-arc basin

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