subduction zone

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Definition of subduction zone in English Turkish dictionary

dalım zonu

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Definition of subduction zone in English English dictionary

A region of the Earth where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another into the interior of the Earth

Elongate region in which the sea floor slides beneath a continent or island arc

An elongated region along which a plate descends relative to another plate, for example, the descent of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate along the Peru-Chile Trench

a narrow, elongate region in which one lithospheric plate is forced under another by tectonic activity

the location where one plate sinks under another and trenches are formed Also known as convergent boundaries

The structure formed at a convergent margin when one lithospheric plate sinks beneath another

A place on the surface of the Earth where two plates move toward each other, and the oceanic plate plunges beneath the other tectonic plate

An area where oceanic crust slides beneath another piece of crust and is consumed by the heat inside the Earth

zone where the geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another occurs

The place where two lithosphere plates come together, one riding over the other Most volcanoes on land occur parallel to and inland from the boundary between the two plates

Oceanic trench area in which, according to the theory of plate tectonics, the seafloor underthrusts an adjacent plate, dragging the accumulated trench sediments downward into the Earth's upper mantle. See also deep-sea trench

An elongate region in which a crustal mass descends below another crustal mass

A place of the planetary crust where a tectonic plate slides downward These zones are where sections of the ocean's floor are pushed under continents This process builds mountains and sparks volcanism in these areas It's more so a cause and effect of up and down

The limit between converging plates, along which the oceanic lithosphere of a plate plunges below another plate It occurs at active continental margins and island arcs Over the plunging plate, volcanic ranges develop, the best known being the Pacific ring of fire

Linear area where tectonic subduction takes place

Hyphenation

sub·duc·tion zone