Subduction
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Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. Where one
The Juan de Fuca plate sinks below the North America plate at the Cascadia subduction zone
Lithosphere
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A lithosphere is the rigid outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantl
Subduction
…Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. Where one tectonic plate…
Idealized cross-section of Earth's lithosphere (Abbreviations: cb=cratonic basin, LIP=large igneous province, MOR=mid-ocean ridge)