12.114 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Field Geology I

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In this image we can see the mélange rocks that were scraped off the subducting oceanic crust and accumulated in accretionary wedges at the subduction zone present all along western North America following the Sonoma orogeny. Courtesy of Prof. Burchfiel.

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Melange rocks.
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In this image we can see the mélange rocks that were scraped off the subducting oceanic crust and accumulated in accretionary wedges at the subduction zone present all along western North America following the Sonoma orogeny.
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Courtesy of Prof. Burchfiel.
Melange rocks.

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