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An accretionary wedge is the accumulation of sediment formed by an oceanic plate and a tectonic plate, as it is scraped from the top of the oceanic plate.
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What structures are created at the oceanic continental convergence boundary?
Accretionary wedge.
What is an accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust called?
accretionary wedge
An accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called?
accretionary wedge
What structure is formed when ocean crust subducts below continental crust?
Immediately at the subduction zone, an accumulation of sediment called an accretionary wedge is form.
Where can you locate sedimentary metamorphic and igneous rocks in a plate boundary?
At a convergent plate boundary, where you get partial melting of the subducting slab. This partial melt rises and pools, forming a magma chamber. When a magma chamber crystallises, the interior will be igneous (probably felsic/ acidic in composition), around the igneous intrusion you will get contact metamorphosed sediments creating a metamorphic aureole, and at the accretion zone you get the accretionary wedge, which is basically sediment which has been scraped off the subduction oceanic slab.
What is an accretionary prism?
An accretionary prism is an alternative name for an accretionary wedge, the accumulation of sediment formed by an oceanic plate and a tectonic plate, as it is scraped from the top of the oceanic plate.
What structures are created at the oceanic continental convergence boundary?
Accretionary wedge.
What accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called .?
accretionary wedge
What is an accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust called?
accretionary wedge
An accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called?
accretionary wedge
What accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called?
accretionary wedge
What is an accumulation of ocean floor sediment formed at convergent boundaries?
This is known as an accretionary wedge or prism. Please see the related link.
What structure is formed when ocean crust subducts below continental crust?
Immediately at the subduction zone, an accumulation of sediment called an accretionary wedge is form.
What is a u wedge?
Utility wedge. Similar to a gap wedge or approach wedge.
Are Teeth and boat are examples of which simple machine?
It is a wedge.
Is hammer a wedge?
No, a hammer is not a wedge ! When did you last wedge anything with a hammer ..
Is a screwdriver a lever or wedge?
It's a wedge
