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Yes, a subduction zone is a type of plate boundary—specifically, a convergent plate boundary.
🔍 What is a Subduction Zone?
A subduction zone is where one tectonic plate (usually oceanic) dives beneath another plate (continental or oceanic) and is forced into the mantle.
🔥 Key Features of a Subduction Zone:
Deep ocean trenches (e.g., Mariana Trench)
Earthquakes, including very powerful ones (megathrust quakes)
Volcanic arcs (e.g., Andes, Japan)
Mountain building in some cases
🧭 So, in short:
Yes: It's a type of plate boundary (convergent)
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It’s where subduction occurs, and many major geological features form
What else can I help you with?
What plate boundary is reclus volcano located on?
I think the plate boundary is in the subduction zone.
Is a subduction zone a type of convergent boundary?
Yes, a subduction zone is a type of convergent boundary where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate.
What is the plate boundary for unzen?
The plate boundary for Unzen volcano is the subduction zone where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. This subduction zone is part of the larger convergent boundary between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
What boundary is it called when an oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate?
It's called destructive plate margin/boundary, or convergent plate margin though this term applies to all plate margins where two plates are moving towards each other (such as continental + continental or oceanic + oceanic).
What kind of plate boundary is the North American Plate and the Caribbean plate?
It is a subduction zone.
What is it called when one plate is pushed under another plate as the collide?
subduction boundary!!!
Is a subduction zone a plate boundaries?
A subduction zone is where one plate is being subducted ( pulled down) under another plate, No it is not a plate boundary but it is were it happens. hope this helps
Which boundary will you find a trench in the sea floor?
A destructive plate boundary (WITH a subduction zone!)
Which convergent plate boundary does not include a subduction zone?
I’m not sure
Define and relate the following to the plate tectonics theory?
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.
Is mount Pinatubo on a constructive or destructive plate boundary?
Mount Pinatubo is on a destructive plate boundary; it is above a subduction zone
The location where the sinking of one plate beneath the other in a collisional boundary occurs is called a?
It is called a subduction zone.
