Active Margin 1


Active Margin 1 : (n.) Geology. A boundary of colliding lithospheric plates. The present subduction?zones of the Pacific Rim, the older mountains of the Alps, and the Himalayas represent active margins. See: Lithosphere, Plate Tectonics, Wadati-Benioff Zone
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