Usually means: Volcanic area behind a subduction zone.
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  1. back-arc: Merriam-Webster
  2. back-arc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Back-arc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. back-arc: Merriam-Webster
  5. back-arc: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Back-arc)

noun:  Alternative form of backarc [(geology) The landward region of a volcanic chain, opposite the subduction zone.]


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