Subduction Zone Processes
by Tim Brown/science Photo Library
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Subduction Zone Processes
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Tim Brown/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Subduction zone processes. Cutaway illustration showing the geological processes that occur at a subduction zone between two tectonic plates. An oceanic plate (left) is descending beneath a continental plate (right). At the boundary, mountains are being formed as the rock crumples and is pushed upwards under pressure. New rock is also formed from volcanic eruptions (upper right) as the oceanic plate melts and molten rock rises. Ocean floor sediments (brown) are being dragged down into the mantle (orange).
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September 25th, 2019
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