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Is subduction common at divergent plate boundaries?
Subduction doesnt occur at divergent boundaries, but rather they are found at convergent boundaries.
Does a subduction occur in a convergent boundary?
Subduction is when one of the plates is forced down beneath the other plate at the convergent boundary.
Subduction occurs when?
It can occur in a subduction zone.
What can occur at places where one plate is pushed below another plate?
It is called subduction. Usually it will form coastal volcanoes.
Where do most deep-focus earthquakes occur?
At convergent plate boundaries where subduction is occurring.
Do volcanoes occur where two tectonic plates moves apart and magma rises up to create new crust?
No. Generally volcanoes occur at plate boundaries called subduction boundaries. At a subduction boundary one tectonic plate rides over another and the lower plate is forced down and magma is forced up
What is it called when one plate goes under another plate?
subduction
Is the subduction zone a plate boundary?
Yes. They occur at convergent plate boundaries (especially oceanic-continental and occasionally at oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries).
What is it called when one plate is pushed under another plate as the collide?
subduction boundary!!!
What is the plate tectonic process where one plate moves under another?
Subduction.
Did the largest magnitude earthquake in the past year occur at a subduction zone plate boundary?
Yes. All known earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater have occurred at subduction boundaries.
What is subduction in the Andes Mountain range?
Subduction is one of several things that can occur when two tectonic plates collide. In subduction, one plate ends up dropping below the other plate (think of a wrestler dropping low to get under his opponent's guard). As the one plate drops lower, it pushes the other plate upwards, often causing a mountain chain to form.
