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Noun Concept
Categories: Tectonics stubs, Geological process stubs, Tectonics
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backstop
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In geology, a backstop is the region of forearcs that has much higher shear strength and yield strength than other overriding material closer to the oceanic trench. Wikipedia
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In geology, a backstop is the region of forearcs that has much higher shear strength and yield strength than other overriding material closer to the oceanic trench. Wikipedia
A tectonic feature Wikipedia Disambiguation
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backstop (geology)
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Backstop

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