subduction
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Along the way, it experienced unusually high temperatures at shallower depths before entering conditions associated with a relatively cooler type of subduction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
At the time, Goldfinger and his colleagues were collecting sediment cores from the Cascadia subduction zone off Oregon and northern California.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
At subduction zones, one tectonic plate sinks beneath another, carrying water from the oceans down toward the mantle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The work helps address an important gap in scientists' understanding of the Cascadia subduction zone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
When the crust reached the end of its journey at the boundary with continents, it plunged back into the Earth in a process known as subduction.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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