The chaotic accumulation of deformed sediments and tectonic slices of oceanic crust plastered onto the edge of a continent is called_____________ .
A) an agglutinated foram
B) an accretionary wedge
C) a guyot
D) a deep sea fan

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An accretionary wedge forms when sediments and pieces of oceanic crust are scraped from a descending tectonic plate and accumulate on the edge of a continent. This process occurs at convergent plate boundaries, where one plate is forced beneath another.

The Chaotic Accumulation of Deformed Sediments and Tectonic Slices of Oceanic