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Collisional Mountain Range Development (1 of 3)
illustration of the upper layers of the earth showing subduction zone
A plate capped by thin oceanic crust subducts beneath one capped by thick continental crust, forming an accretionary wedge and volcanic arc on the overriding plate.
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Modified from “Parks and Plates: The Geology of our National Parks, Monuments and Seashores,” by Robert J. Lillie, New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 298 pp., 2005, www.amazon.com/dp/0134905172.
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Geologic Resources Division, Code: GRD
11/21/2019
11/21/2019
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