Intra-arc basin

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title: Intra-arc basin
text: In geology an intra-arc basin is a sedimentary basin that exists amidst a volcanic arc. Being located next to volcanoes intra-arc basins tend to host Volcano-sedimentary sequences. Cura-Mallín at the border of Chile and Argentina is an example of an intra-arc basin. Some Neoproterozoic clastic metasedimentary rocks in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt (CED) derived from bimodal volcanic sources appear to have been deposited in arc-related basins, including interarc or back-arc basins, intra-ar
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description: Sedimentary basin within a volcanic arc
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