Andean-type continental margin
Andean-type continental margin
[′an·dē·ən ‚tīp ‚känt·ən′ent·əl ′mär·jən] (geology)
A continental margin, as along the Pacific coast of South America, where oceanic lithosphere descends beneath an adjacent continent producing andesitic continental margin volcanism.
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