Forearc
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Forearc is a noun meaning (geology) A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.
Meaning
(geology) A region of raised rock debris which forms between the subduction zone and any associated volcano or volcanic chain.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- forearcs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trench, backarc, volcan, paleorift, arete, orogen.
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