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This is going to house a draft of this new section to be added to Accretionary Wedge

How wedges are built

Accretionary wedges are built by addition of sediments and ocean floor rocks by deposition, offscraping, and tectonic underplating. The wedge is built in stages with the sediments deforming as they are deposited on the ocean floor.