Multiple Choice
Which would the Andean-type margin not have more of, in comparison to an Aleutian-type margin?
A) complicated crustal compressional structures
B) felsic pyroclastics
C) deformed high pressure/low temperature accretionary wedge rocks
D) subaqueous mafic pyroclastics close to the volcanoes
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