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subduction zone

Area in which oceanic lithosphere is carried downward (subducted) under the island arc or continent at a convergent plate boundary. A trench ordinarily forms at the boundary between the two converging plates. See convergent plate boundary.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 10 - Geology: Processes, Hazards, and Soils [2]

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