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What happens during subduction of earth?

During subduction, one tectonic plate moves beneath another into the Earth's mantle. This process can cause earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountain ranges. Subduction also plays a key role in the recycling of Earth's crust and the movement of material and heat within the planet.


What is a synonym for subduction?

A synonym for subduction is decrease.


What happens in a subduction zone?

In a subduction zone, one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate into the Earth's mantle. This process leads to the formation of deep ocean trenches, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. Subduction zones are also associated with the creation of mountain ranges and volcanic arcs.


What is the process in which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is called?

The process in which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is called subduction. This occurs at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. Subduction zones are associated with deep-sea trenches and volcanic activity.


How does a subduction zone form and what are the key processes involved in its creation?

A subduction zone forms when one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate. This happens because the denser oceanic plate sinks below the less dense continental plate. The key processes involved in the creation of a subduction zone include the convergence of tectonic plates, the sinking of the denser plate into the mantle, and the generation of earthquakes and volcanic activity along the subduction zone.

Related Questions

What happens in an ocean trench?

Subduction


What happens at colliding boundries?

subduction happens and mountains and volcanoes form


what happens to a convergent boundary?

a subduction zone forms


What is it called when two plates slide one under the other?

It is known as subduction.


What happens when a tectonic plate gets subduction?

they will form a mountain


A constructive activity that happens where two plates because subduction?

Volcano


What happens when plates collide but no subduction occurs?

they hug each other


What happens to the crust during subduction?

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What happens when an oceanic plate moves under a conitental plates through a subduction?

it is the hawaii


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


What happens during a convergent boundary and what usually forms?

At a convergence boundary during collision of two plates there could either be Subduction or Outcropping. Subduction occurs when the collision involves plates of different types and densities while the other happens when it involves similar plate types. Mountain ranges are formed, also Subduction Zones gives rise to Trenches.


How does subduction affect people?

For the most part, subduction of the Earth's plates don't have much effect on people - it happens, but there is nothing that changes what people do. However, it is possible for a sudden shift in the subduction zone to cause an earthquake, which necessarily is a rather large effect on the people in the area of the epicenter.