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(geology) A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain..
These offshore Sonoman mountains likely formed an orogenic (mountainous) barrier to moisture inland, resulting in a mountain-shadow onshore desert punctuated by regional annual and large basin perennial streams draining into a forearc saline sea.
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Forearc means (geology) A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain..
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These offshore Sonoman mountains likely formed an orogenic (mountainous) barrier to moisture inland, resulting in a mountain-shadow onshore desert punctuated by regional annual and large basin perennial streams draining into a forearc saline sea.
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