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    An ________ Is a Thick Accumulation of Sediments and Small
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An ________ Is a Thick Accumulation of Sediments and Small

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An ________ is a thick accumulation of sediments and small, tectonic blocks composed of material scraped off a descending, lithospheric plate.

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