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Island arc is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ISLAND ARC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

island arc

Island arc

An island arc is a type of archipelago, often composed of a chain of volcanoes, with arc-shaped alignment, situated parallel and close to a boundary between two converging tectonic plates. Most of these island arcs are formed as one oceanic tectonic plate subducts another one and, in most cases, produces magma at depth below the over-riding plate. However, this is only true for those island arcs that are part of the group of mountain belts which are called volcanic arcs, a term which is used when all the elements of the arc-shaped mountain belt are composed of volcanoes. For example, large parts of the Andes/Central American/Canadian mountain chain may be known as a volcanic arc, but they are not islands and are thus not classified as an island arc. On the other hand, the Aegean or Hellenic arc in the Mediterranean area, composed of numerous islands such as Crete, is an island arc, but is not volcanic. Parallel to it is the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, which is the volcanic island arc of the same tectonic system.

Definition of island arc in the English dictionary

The definition of island arc in the dictionary is an arc-shaped chain of islands, such as the Aleutian Islands or the Japanese Islands, usually lying at the edge of a Benioff zone, indicating volcanic activity where the oceanic lithosphere is descending into the earth's interior.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISLAND ARC

island
island grey fox
island nation
island of Reil
island universe
island-hopping
island-like
islander
Islands
islands council
islands of Langerhans
Islands of the Blessed
Islas Malvinas
Islay
isle

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISLAND ARC

arc
carbon arc
coenosarc
Duparc
ectosarc
futharc
marc
mercury arc
minute of arc
narc
perisarc
reflex arc
story arc

Synonyms and antonyms of island arc in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «island arc» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ISLAND ARC

Find out the translation of island arc to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of island arc from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «island arc» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

岛弧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

isla de arco
570 millions of speakers

English

island arc
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

द्वीप चाप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القوس الجزيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

островная дуга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arco de ilhas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বীপ আর্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arc île
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Arka pulau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inselbogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

島弧
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

섬 아크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulo ara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cung đảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீவு வில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेट आर्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ada yayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arco insulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyspa łuk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

острівна дуга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insula arc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νησί τόξο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eiland boog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ö båge
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

island arc
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISLAND ARC»

Discover the use of island arc in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to island arc and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Earthquakes and the deep structure of the South Kurile ...
Results of detailed seismological investigations on the southern Kurile Islands between 1958 and 1964.
Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich Fedotov, Sakhalinskiĭ kompleksnyĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut, 1971
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Island-arc Volcanism and Episodic Fluvial Sedimentation in ...
II. GEOLOGICAL SETTING The Southern part of the Central American isthmus is part of an island arc. This island arc was developed by subduction of the Cocos and Nazca plates beneath the Caribbean plate, which started in the ...
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Caribbean-South American Plate Interactions, Venezuela
148 of oceanic island-arc volcanic rocks. These ratios are lower than the average of oceanic plagiogranites (0.7045–0.7059; Coleman, 1977), but are close to the average of ordinary abyssal tholeiites (0.703–0.704; Miyashiro et al., 1982).
Hans G. Avé Lallemant, Virginia Baker Sisson, 2005
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The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana
Ti/Zr have been shown to discriminate successfully between oceanic island arc, continental island arc, continental margin arc (active continental margin) and passive margin environments (Bhatia & Crook 1986). With six exceptions, the ...
Robert J. Pankhurst, Carlos W. Rapela, 1998
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Epithermal gold in the Philippines: island arc ...
This is the first comprehensive account of Philippine gold deposits and geology.
A. H. G. Mitchell, T. M. Leach, 1991
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Tectonics and Geochemistry of the Northeastern Caribbean
Correlative strata in the northeast province display a more restricted compositional range from early island arc tholeiites during phase I to calc- alkaline basalts in phases II and III. Volcanic strata of dominantly calc-alkaline affinities from ...
Edward G. Lidiak, D. K. Larue, 1998
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Arc-Continent Collision
In addition, some island arcs such as Japan have been built on, or contain some component of, remnant continental crust, and as such they cannot be considered pure island arc systems. In this paper, I will contrast the crustal structure of ...
Dennis Brown, Paul D. Ryan, 2011
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Metallogenesis and tectonics of the Russian Far East, ...
Subduction-related intrusion of mafic-ultramafic plutons into basal part of Mainitskiy island arc. Mafic-ultramafic rocks hosting deposits form part of structurally-complex ophiolite at base of Mainitskiy island arc terrene. Belt extended into Early ...
Warren J. Nokleberg, Geological Survey (U.S.), Alaska. Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 2005
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Ophiolites in Earth History
The island-arc volcanic and sedimentary assemblages are of calc-alkaline affinity and range in age from Carboniferous to Early Cretaceous. Parfenov (1984) attributed these rocks to a continuous Late Palaeozoic to Mesozoic Koni- Murgal  ...
Yildirim Dilek, Paul T. Robinson, 2003
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The Volcanic Geology of the Mid-Arc Island of Dominica:
In order to interpret the volcanic stratigraphy of Dominica in terms of crustal magma chambers, the nature of the island-arc Dominica Eocene arc ? 3.05 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.5 2.1 crust needs to be briefly described. Maury et al. (1990) presented cross ...
A.L. Smith, M.J. Roobol, G.S. Mattioli, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISLAND ARC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term island arc is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mining News: Drills turn on AP - July 19, 2015 - Petroleum News
The Alaska Peninsula project covers a stretch of the Aleutian Arc, a Pacific Ring of Fire island arc being formed as the Pacific Ocean plate dives ... «Petroleum News, Jul 15»
2
Ash cloud traps Tauranga couple in Bali
Ruang volcano is the southernmost volcano in the Sangihe Island arc, north of Sulawesi Island. * The 4km by 5km island volcano rises to 725m ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
FEATURE: Shane-nanigans - The Peculiar Perils of Playing Catch …
This happened to me somewhere during the Fish-Man Island arc, the first real storyline in One Piece after the pivotal two-year timeskip. «Crunchyroll News, Jul 15»
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6.3 quake strikes off New Zealand's Kermadec islands: USGS
The Kermadec Island arc sits from 800-1,000km off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. (Writing by Andrew Heavens). Magnitude 7.2 ... «Town Hall, Jun 15»
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How To Conquer One Piece
You may want to wait on that one until you're caught up at least through the Fishman Island arc, but it's incredibly rewarding once you do. «Anime News Network, Jun 15»
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Monument tightens belts, focuses on gold in Malaysia
The suture marks the edge of an ancient subduction zone between two cratons, one that was once an island arc in the west, and the other ... «The Northern Miner, Jun 15»
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Nadia: The Secret Of Blue Water TV Complete Collection UK Anime …
... have the Nadia/Jean avoid the Grandis, then we have them with Nemo and they team up, then the deserted island arc, and the final battle. «The Fandom Post, Jun 15»
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Obituaries/Births/News of Windham County people
... tectonics over hundreds of millions of years, Hadden said, what would become Europe and north Africa “pushed an island arc onto the ocean ... «Commons, Jun 15»
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Assassination Classroom Episode #19 Anime Review
Content (warning as portions of this review may contain spoilers): So last week I claimed that the sudden shift in tone for the ongoing island arc ... «The Fandom Post, Jun 15»
10
Salvation Army opening store in Middle Village
This location will become the 11th installation for the Salvation Army's Brooklyn/Staten Island ARC area command. “The store will provide up to ... «Ridgewood Times Newsweekly, May 15»

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