A prism- or wedge-shaped, structurally complex zone of faults, folds, and mostly metamorphosed rocks that forms along the upper parts of a subduction zone where sedimentary material and oceanic crust are scraped off the downgoing slab is called a(n)
A. accretionary prism.
B. passive margin.
C. foreland basin.
D. subduction wedge.
Answer: A
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