Subduction may be used as a geological term referring to the process of one of Earth's tectonic plates sliding under another. It also can refer to the act of subducting, especially of turning the eye downward.
In geology, subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate, sinking into the Earth's mantle, as the plates converge. These 3D regions of mantle downwellings are known as "Subduction Zones". A subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates move towards one another and one slides under the other. Rates of subduction are typically measured in centimeters per year, with the average rate of convergence being approximately 2 to 8 centimeters per year (about the rate a fingernail grows).[1]
Plates can be formed from either oceanic lithosphere or continental lithosphere. Stable subduction zones involve an oceanic plate sliding beneath either a continental plate or another oceanic plate (that is, the subducted plate is always oceanic while the subducting plate may or may not be oceanic). Subduction zones are often noted for their high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building. Continental collision results where a continental plate is subducted.
Orogenesis, or mountain-building, occurs when large pieces of material on the subducting plate (such as island arcs) are pressed into the overriding plate. These areas are subject to many earthquakes, which are caused by the interactions between the subducting slab and the mantle, the volcanoes, and (when applicable) the mountain-building related to island arc collisions
its means when rocks mix
the uneven heat distribution between the plate tectonics
instruments used in plate tectonics?
Sea floor spreading Subduction Plate tectonics Continental sift theory
the plate tectonics will be flat and no more volcanoes.
Plate tectonics is considered to be a unifying theory because a consensus finds it to be true. Most scientists believe the plate tectonics cause volcanoes and earthquakes.
by plate tectonics
Plate tectonics
Subduction is part of the geological process of plate tectonics. A subduction zone is a place where the oceanic plate is sinking back in to the mantle (usually at the edge of a continental plate.
plate tectonics is a theory because t explains the formation, movement, and subduction of earth' s plates.
Subduction
There are 2 tectonics theories namely: divergent boundary and subduction zone. The boundary of the plate tectonics where two plates are placed is called divergent boundary while the subduction zone is a convergent boundary where in one plate is subducted on another.
The volcanism at Lassen National Park is caused by convergent plate tectonics, specifically the subduction of the Gorda Plate under the North American Plate.
Aleutian Islands were formed from the subduction of the plate tectonics.
Subduction and sea floor spreading are both a result of the movement of the tectonic plates.Plate Tectonics
no magma riseing thur gaps in plate causes them to move called seafloor spread
If you are talking about plate tectonics, the action you're referring to is called subduction.
some features caused by plate tectonics would be folded and faulted mountain chains. subduction zones are also some important features caused by plate tectonics. the oceanic crust goes underneath the continental crust creating a subduction zone at the plate boundaries.parvaiz mansoori