Meaning back-arc basin
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back-arc basinThe region between an island arc and the continental mainland, commonly with at least some oceanic crust on its floor.
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back-arc basindepression on the ocean floor formed as an ocean trench created by subduction migrates “backward” toward the overriding plate.
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