ensimatic geosyncline

A geosyncline whose geosynclinal prism accumulates on a simatic crust and is composed largely of volcanic rock or sediments of volcanic debris.

Related terms:

• ensialic geosyncline
• Geosyncline
• secondary geosyncline
• continental geosyncline
• cordilleran geosyncline
• Hercynian geosyncline
• Pelagic Sediment
• primary geosyncline
• delta geosyncline
• Tuff