to subduct

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• As the Pacific plate continues to subduct, it causes a series of earthquakes along the coast.

• Geologists studied the area where the tectonic plates are subducting to better understand earthquake patterns.

• Finally, if two continental plates converge, neither plate will subduct.

  Academic text (1995)

• It shows the Pacific Ocean plate, which is continental crust being subducted below the mountains of South America.

• If two plates are composed of dense oceanic crust, one plate will be subducted, pushed down into the asthenosphere.

  Academic text (1995)

• The Sumatran earthquake resulted from the fact that the Indo Australian plate is subducting beneath southeastern Eurasia.

• That massive western spine was born from volcanic eruptions and compressive forces as tectonic plates underlying the Pacific Ocean were subducted beneath the continental margin.

  Academic text (2009)

• One interesting facet, however, I do feel is worth noting is that volcanic arcs that are subducting at a much higher rate have traditionally been much more active than volcanic systems that are subducting at a slow rate.

  Blog text (34)

• The Juan de Fuca plate is subducting under the North American plate, leading to increased volcanic activity.

Antonyms

E

to emerge

249 3.5

To come out from behind or under something and become visible

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology