accretionary prism

C10859
concept

An accretionary prism is a wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off a subducting tectonic plate and accumulated at a convergent plate boundary.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
accretionary complex 4
accretionary prism canonical 2
subduction complex 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: accretionary prism
Generated description
An accretionary prism is a wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off a subducting tectonic plate and accumulated at a convergent plate boundary.

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex accretionary complex
Franciscan Complex rocks accretionary complex
Southern Uplands accretionary prism
Southern Uplands terrane
Chugach terrane accretionary complex
Franciscan Complex accretionary complex