Pacific-type continental margin
Pacific-type continental margin
[pə′sif·ik ‚tīp ‚känt·ən′ent·əl ′mär·jən] (geology)
A continental margin typified by that of the western Pacific where oceanic lithosphere descends beneath an adjacent continent and produces an intervening island arc system.
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