forearc
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.
Similar words
trench backarc volcan paleorift orogenous zone arete orogen toarcian palaeosubduction pyrosphere
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basin basins region and regions geology is area of
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