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noun - a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.
SUBDUCTION - Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or ...
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Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle. Regions where this process occurs are known as subduction zones. Rates of subduction are typically in centimeters per year, with the average rate of convergence being approximately two to eight centimeters per year along most plate boundaries.Plates include both oceanic crust and continental crust. Stable subduction zones involve the oceanic lithosphere of one plate sliding beneath the continental or oceanic lithosphere of another plate due to the higher density of the oceanic lithosphere. That is, the subducted lithosphere is always oceanic while the overriding lithosphere may or may not be oceanic. Subduction zones are sites that usually have a high rate of volcanism and earthquakes. Additionally, subduction zones develop belts of deformation in the overriding plate's crust in a processes called orog |