Look up: Subduction

1. subduction
   The process of one lithospheric plate descending beneath another.
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2. subduction
   n. A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another; subduct– v.; subduction zone- n. A long narrow area in which subduction is taking place, e.g. the Peru-Chile trench, where the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the South American Plate.
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3. Subduction
   Sub·duc'tion noun [ Latin subductio .] 1. The act of subducting or taking away. Bp. Hall. 2. Arithmetical subtraction. Sir M. Hale.
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4. subduction
   noun a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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5. Subduction
   • (n.) The act of subducting or taking away. • (n.) Arithmetical subtraction.
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6. subduction
   (from the article `Earth Sciences`) ...km (about 155–310 mi) or more. This evidence indicated that crustal rocks were carried into the Earth`s interior. The most likely geologic process ... ...environment similar to that of the present southwestern Pacific Ocean. Rocks were accreted onto the ancient African continent, the margin of...
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7. subduction
   subduction The action of subduing or fact of being subdued; subdual, subjection.
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8. subduction
   subduction. The process of the oceanic lithosphere colliding with and descending beneath the continental lithosphere.
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9. Subduction
   and partial melting of hydrated asthenosphere 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 a...
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