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You are walking on the beach along the south-coast of Alaska. You see rocks cut by numerous faults that consist of basalt with evidence of eruption in the ocean, deep-water chert, mudstone, and sandstones with abundant volcanic material. What tectonic setting would you assign to these rocks

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Answer:

accretionary wedge

Explanation:

Accretionary wedge is a form of tectonic setting, which describes sediments, formed at the top of material on a tectonic plate,  that formed together and break where oceanic and continental plates hit into each other.

It is characterized by having strength that is similar to that of the formation on existing thrust faults in the wedge

Hence, in this case, the tectonic setting that would be assign to these rocks is ACCRETIONARY WEDGE.

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