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Subduction is a
geological process in
which the
oceanic lithosphere and some
continental lithosphere is
recycled into the Earth's
mantle at the convergent...
- Ring of Fire is not a
single geological structure. It was
created by the
subduction of
different tectonic plates at
convergent boundaries around the Pacific...
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Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi)
convergent plate boundary,
about 100–200 km (70–100 mi) off the...
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subduction tectonics of the
Philippines is the
control of
geology over the
Philippine archipelago. The
Philippine region is
seismically active and...
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ridges to
greater than 100 km (62 mi) at
subduction zones. For
shorter or
longer distances, the
subduction zone, and
therefore also the mean, thickness...
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plate eventually slides beneath the other, a
process known as
subduction. The
subduction zone can be
defined by a
plane where many
earthquakes occur, called...
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Tectonic erosion or
subduction erosion is the loss of
crust from an
overriding tectonic plate due to
subduction. Two
types of
tectonic erosion exist:...
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called subduction switch, the
flipping of
subduction polarity or
subduction polarity reversal.
Examples of
subduction systems with
subduction polarity...
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extremely large thrust fault,
typically formed at the
plate interface along a
subduction zone, such as the
Sunda megathrust. However, the term is also occasionally...
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elsewhere are
called terranes (sometimes, "exotic" terranes).
During the
subduction of the
Farallon plate, it
accreted these island arcs and
terranes to the...
