Continental arc
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Continental arc
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A continental arc is a type of volcanic arc occurring as an "arc-shape" topographic high region along a continental margin. The continental arc is formed at an active continental margin where two tectonic plates meet, and where one plate has continental crust and the other oceanic crust along the line of plate convergence, and a subduction zone develops. The magmatism and petrogenesis of continental crust are complicated: in essence, continental arcs reflect a mixture of oceanic crust materials,
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Type of volcanic arc occurring along a continental margin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_arc
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2023-12-22T09:41:13Z
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