subduction
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"It had been assumed that faults follow the leading edge of the subducting slab, but this example deviates from that," Materna said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2026
It ruptured at a depth of about 125 kilometers beneath the surface, inside the subducting tectonic plate itself.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
The team’s array of seafloor electrodes, sensitive to the conductivity of water, captured a subducting seamount that appeared to have a conductive interior covered by a thin resistive crust.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023
And then to the north is the Juan de Fuca plate, which is subducting beneath the North American plate.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022
Rock from the subducting plates turns to magma when it reaches the mantle, creating hot spots that, over millennia, melt through the crust and break through as lava, forming volcanoes.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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