Multiple Choice
A prism- or wedge-shaped, structurally complex zone of faults, folds, and mostly metamorphosed rocks that form along the upper parts of a subduction zone where sedimentary material and oceanic crust are scraped off the downgoing slab is called an) :
A) accretionary prism
B) subduction wedge
C) foreland basin
D) passive margin
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