Bilingual glossary of geology
Accretion Accrétion
1) Continental accretion - A process of continental growth in which fragments of the crust are attached (accreted) to continents during plate motion and collision (adapted from: Grotzinger et al., 2007).
2) Planetary accretion - The process of building large bodies of matter through collisions and gravitational attraction (Plummer et al, 2007).
Themes:
Earth's formation and structure
Related words:
convergent plate boundary
planetesimal
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2) Planetary accretion - The process of building large bodies of matter through collisions and gravitational attraction (Plummer et al, 2007).
Themes:
Earth's formation and structure
Related words:
convergent plate boundary
planetesimal
Image: