accretive
adjective
increasing by natural growth or gradual addition.
Example Sentences
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This feature is called the accretionary wedge, mélange, or accretionary prism.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The accretionary wedge and the forearc sediments were thrust northward onto Tibet.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2015
Sediments and oceanic crust scraped off the descending plate piled up in an accretionary wedge, which created a forearc basin that trapped sediments eroded from Tibet.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2015
The up-dip limit of the forearc is an active accretionary prism that extends about 50 km landward of the trench.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2011
But Newbery also made another discovery which still further establishes the probability of the accretionary growth of gold in drifts.
From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson
