subduction
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Although it sits near a subduction zone, the chemical makeup of its lava more closely resembles volcanoes formed above hotspots, even though no hotspot exists beneath the region.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
As the tectonic plate bends near the subduction zone, fractures develop, allowing the magma to rise through the crust, much like liquid being squeezed from a sponge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
This mantle wind is generated by the long-term subduction of the Farallon Plate, remnants of which remain deep beneath central and eastern North America.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
These strike-slip earthquakes can occur at shallower depths than subduction quakes, where one tectonic plate is forced below another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Japan’s landscape has been shaped over millennia by the subduction fault off its eastern coast.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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