Definition of Subducting. Meaning of Subducting. Synonyms of Subducting

- subduction zones, and fluids released by the subducting plate trigger volcanism in the overriding plate. If the subducting plate sinks at a shallow angle, the...
- crust. The force of gravity helps drive the subducting slab into the mantle. As the relatively cool subducting slab sinks deeper into the mantle, it is heated...
- relatively dense subducting plate pulling the leading edge of the plate downward.: 44–45  Multiple earthquakes occur within the subducting slab with the...
- a volcanic arc grows above the subducting plate. During the growth of the Rocky Mountains, the angle of the subducting plate may have been significantly...
- 5 degrees) on the outer (subducting) side of the trench. The bottom of the trench marks the boundary between the subducting and overriding plates, known...
- Trench. The Eurasian plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt at the Manila Trench. The Sunda plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile...
- dehydration melting of minerals contained in the subducting oceanic crust formed at mid-ocean ridges. The subducting oceanic crust consists of four major units...
- the Sandwich Plate; the westerly edge is a convergent boundary with the subducting Nazca plate; and the northerly edge is a boundary with the Caribbean plate...
- Magma chambers above a subducting plate...
- was subducting under east Asia and North America, while the Farallon plate was subducting under South America and the Pacific plate was subducting under...