ensimatic geosyncline
ensimatic geosyncline
[en·sə′mad·ik ‚jē·ō′sin‚klīn] (geology)
A geosyncline whose geosynclinal prism accumulates on a simatic crust and is composed largely of volcanic rock or sediments of volcanic debris.
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