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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. Where one tectonic plate converges with a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the other and sinks into the mantle. A region where this process occurs is…

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Subduction and plate tectonics

Structure of subduction zones

Life cycle of subduction zones

Characteristics and effects

Beginnings of subduction on Earth

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Subduction

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related to External links · 25
Subduction → Atlas, Chile, Collaborative Research Center, Creation, Dallas, Database, Destruction, Earth's, Fluids, From, GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre, Ocean Research Kiel, Oceanic Lithosphere, Plate Tectonics Basics, Seafloor, SFB, Subduction Zones, Texas, The
related to Arc magmatism · 22
Subduction → Alaska, Aleutian Trench, An, Andean, Cascade Volcanic Arc, Earth, Half Dome, Helens, Island, Magma, Mariana, Mount Etna, Mount Fuji, Mount St, Once, Plutons, Some, The, Tonga, Two
related to history · 17
Subduction → Alaska, Alaskan, Aleutian Trench, Earth's, George Plafker, Good Friday, Harry Hammond Hess, He, Hess, In, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Pacific, Since, The, This, United States Navy Reserve, World War II
related to Additional reading · 16
Subduction → Authors, Bibcode, CO, Earth, Geoscience Education, GSA Today, How, Instructors, Introductory Geology Courses, Introductory Geology Textbooks, Journal, Stern, Subduction Primer, Tatsumi, The Subduction Factory, TSFHIO
related to Beginnings of subduction on Earth · 14
Subduction → Blueschist, Both, Earth's, Eclogite, Ga, Likewise, Modern-style, Neoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic Era, North China Craton, Paleoproterozoic Era, Previously, The, These
related to Initiation of subduction · 14
Subduction → Although, Both, Earlier, Earth, Earth's, Izu-Bonin-Mariana, Ma, Only, Some, The, There, This, Though, Yin
related to Subduction of continental lithosphere · 13
Subduction → After, An, Another, As, Asia, Australian, Banda, Continents, India, One, Some, The, Where
related to Orogeny · 11
Subduction → Alaska, East Asia, Flat-slab, Laramide, North America, Orogeny, South America, Subducting, The, These, When
see also · 11
Subduction → Compaction, Convergent, Cycle, Fire, Geological, Geophysical, Linear, Parallel, Tectonic, Type, Types
related to Subduction and plate tectonics · 9
Subduction → According, Continental, Earth's, Individual, Oceanic, Sinking, The, These, This

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plate mantle lithosphere oceanic zones crust slab continental subducting zone earthquakes volcanic earth's km lower arc angle mi subducted plates

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Subductioncausesmountain building and volcanism moving into the continent0.90text
Subductionis ageological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates0.90text
Subductionis adriving force behind plate tectonics0.90text
serpentine can be stable at different pressures within the slab geothermsinstance ofa series of minerals in these slabs0.80text
and may transport a significant amount of water into the Earth's interiorinstance ofa series of minerals in these slabs0.80text
the Cascade Volcanic Arcinstance ofand continental arcs0.80text
that form along the coast of continentsinstance ofand continental arcs0.80text
dioriteinstance ofMagma that remains in the lithosphere long enough will cool and form plutonic rocks0.80text
granodioriteinstance ofMagma that remains in the lithosphere long enough will cool and form plutonic rocks0.80text
and sometimes granite.The arc magmatism occurs one hundred to two hundred kilometers from the trenchinstance ofMagma that remains in the lithosphere long enough will cool and form plutonic rocks0.80text
approximately one hundred kilometers above the subducting slabinstance ofMagma that remains in the lithosphere long enough will cool and form plutonic rocks0.80text
the 2004 Sumatra-Andamaninstance ofBy examining subduction zone geometry and comparing the degree of lower plate curvature of the subducting plate in great historical earthquakes0.80text

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