Glossary: Sedimentary Basins – Tectonics

An accretionary prism and forearc basin above a subducting slab of oceanic lithosphere, with a magmatic arc as structural backstop (or buttress) and the main source of sediment.

An accretionary prism and forearc basin above a subducting slab of oceanic lithosphere, with a magmatic arc as structural backstop (or buttress) and the main source of sediment.

Glossary of sedimentary basins, and the associated lithospheric and tectonic conditions that govern their formation.

Glossary: Sedimentary basins and tectonics

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