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Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.

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Q: What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
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Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?

Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.


What does not happen near a subduction zone?

anything can happen at a subduction zone


Is volcan De fuego related to a hot spot or a subduction zone?

Subduction zone


Which convergent boundaries do not have a subduction zone?

A continent to continent convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone.


What is a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere?

Most notable is the so-called 'Ring of Fire', an area encircling the Pacific Ocean where oceanic crustal plates are subducting under continental plates and less dense oceanic plates.


Is island on a subduction zone?

no


Is japan on a hot spot?

No. The volcanic activity in Japan is associated with a subduction zone.


What is the difference in spreading center earthquakes and subduction zone?

Spreading center earthquakes are always shallow, subduction zone earthquakes can be very deep.Spreading center earthquakes are typically of lower magnitude than subduction zone earthquakes.


What is opposite of a subduction zone?

emergence


Why does a subduction zone drag a continent towards the zone?

because it wants to


What zone formed where two oceanic plates collide?

zone of subduction


What kind of plate or part of a plate is most like to descend into the interior at the subduction zone?

The subducted plate descends into the mantle at subduction zone