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Sediments accreted to theforearcare another source of fluids.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The inner trench wall marks the edge of the overriding plate and the outermostforearc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Methane is often sequestered in an ice-like form (methane clathrate, also called gas hydrate) in theforearc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In early stages of arc-continent collision, there is uplift and erosion of the accretionary prism andforearcbasin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The erosive properties of these volcanoes are consistent with the metamorphic grades (blueschists) expected for this region in theforearc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Note that at this early stage theforearcregion is a relatively quiet region from a structural point of view.
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A faultcontrolledforearcbasin was initiated at the back of the prism.
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Ophiolitederived clasts within the inner fan part of theforearcsiliciclastic submarine fan suggest the outer arc as an important sediment source.
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Tectonic processes have played a major role in sedimentation patterns within theforearcbasin.
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Uplift of the accretionary complex and its erosion influenced fan development in the adjacentforearc.
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Towards the end offorearcdeposition the shallowing of the basin favoured carbonate deposition.
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Shelved and benchedforearcbasin morphologies are host to some of the thickest successions of basin strata.
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The oblique plate motion was resolved into trench normal subduction and dextral movements, which generated strike-slip faults and developed theforearcbasin in this part of the subduction complex.
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Palaeocurrent data and facies distributions indicate that the continental deposits formed a fanshaped wedge at least 30 km in diameter in the southern part of theforearcbasin.
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The created ophiolite becomes the tip of the new subductionsforearcand is uplifted (over the accretionary wedge) by detachment and compression.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Over geological time there is constant recycling of theforearcdeposits due to erosion, deformation and sedimentary subduction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As such,forearcregions are found at convergent margins, and include any accretionary wedge andforearcbasin that may be present.
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