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Compiled for the 2011 joint meeting of the GSA Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran Sections, this field guide provides an introduction to some of the remarkable geol

Accretionary orogens form at convergent plate boundaries and include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and backarc components. They can be broken