Multiple Choice
What is an accretionary wedge?
A) Deformed and thrust-faulted continental lithosphere
B) A fan of sediments at the bottom of a deep-ocean trench
C) Sediments and ocean crust fragments being scraped off of a subducting plate
D) Fault blocks that are slipping down due to extension in a back-arc basin
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