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单词 foredeep
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foredeep


foredeep

A long basin filling with sediment eroded from an active mountain system nearby.

Foredeep


foredeep

[′fȯr‚dēp] (geology) A long, narrow depression that borders an orogenic belt, such as an island arc, on the convex side. exogeosyncline

Foredeep

 

(1) Another term for a marginal deep.

(2) The late developmental stage of a marginal deep, characterized by the accumulation of an upper molasse, formed by coarse continental sediment.

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