Accretionary Wedge is a tectonic geological structure formed at convergent plate boundaries where sediments and rocks are scraped off a subducting oceanic plate and accreted onto the overriding continental or island arc crust, distinguished from other thrust belts by its origin in subduction zone processes and its characteristic wedge-shaped morphology.
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Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Brian F. Windley, D. V. Alexeiev, Wenjiao Xiao et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 2006 · 3.4K citations · Full text
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