Noun : The last part of the legend is a later accretion.    From Dictionary.com. 

accretionary wedges (also known as accretionary complexes or accretionary prisms) are essentially compressional fold-thrust belts composed primarily of oceanic sediment and, in many cases, continentally-derived sediment from the nearby continental plate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Cretaceous implies that Beringia is rooted in its accretionary rather than its climatic history; in other words, the geographic pattern as the result of tectonics is the defining parameter for Beringia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neoceratopsian publications for 2008] Reference

accretionary lapilli are formed in an eruption column or cloud by moisture or electrostatic forces, with the volcanic ash nucleating on some object and then accreting to it in layers before the accretionary lapillus falls from the cloud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Accretionary lapilli - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Now, let's zoom in a bit on the accretionary complex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Regarding accretionary-style subduction zones, they state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Subduction Denialism, Part 2: Subduction zones, trenches, and accretionary ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

To put it bluntly, how did the Nankai accretionary complex form without convergence?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Subduction Denialism, Part 2: Subduction zones, trenches, and accretionary complexes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

The Nankai subduction zone forms an "end-member" sediment-dominated accretionary prism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Origin of accretionary lapilli within ground-hugging density currents: Evidence from pyroclastic couplets on Tenerife.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

There are numerous studies that examine accretionary wedges from around the world and compare and contrast their structural styles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

One of the active margins of the Iapetus Ocean was the Southern Uplands of Scotland that contains a Lower Palaeozoic accretionary prism.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS) is the fundamental, first-order structure of accretionary orogens that are forming today on the Pacific margins.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

However, in spite of numerous studies, the Ballantrae Complex has never been interpreted in the light of a modern understanding of comparative accretionary prism.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

Together with the lofty, colonnaded mosque, it must have been originally situated in a fine garden but is now rather desolate and full of accretionary construction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

In accretionary subduction zones, trench-floor and oceanic-plate deposits are added to the toe of the landward trench slope (or inner slope) by imbricate thrusting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Before moving on to Part 3, which deals with the Cascadia plate margin in a bit more detail, I'll conclude this post with some general words about accretionary wedges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

In many cases, zircons grow by an accretionary process akin to the formation of hailstones - the core of the hailstone grows first, followed by successive outer layers.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

It's important to note that although accretionary wedges from around the planet share certain general characteristics, each one has unique and idiosyncratic features as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

At the plate boundary, the front edge of the overlying Eurasian plate acts rather like a bulldozer, scraping the material above the décollement up to form an 'accretionary prism'.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

1989, Tectonics and hydrogeology of accretionary prisms: role of the decollement zone: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 11, p. 95-106.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Calabrian accretionary prism, Ionian Sea -- credit: Virtual Seismic Atlas (http: / / www. seismicatlas.org).    From Wordnik.com.  [Clastic Detritus] Reference

Edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapilli says “Rounded tephra balls are called “accretionary lapilli” if they consist of volcanic ash particles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Accretionary lapilli - The Panda's Thumb] Reference