Which crustal process results when differential stress exceeds lithostatic pressure at subduction zones?

💡 Explanation

Accretionary wedges develop because differential stress overcomes lithostatic pressure at subduction zones, causing deformation and accumulation of sediment; therefore a wedge forms near the trench rather than abyssal plains, or ridge propagation.

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