0 an area where two continental plates (= large layers of rock that form the earth's surface) meet and where there are often earthquakes --
They cause both the subducting and overriding plate to move in the direction of the subduction zone.
The plates move at a relative rate of over per year at a somewhat oblique angle to the subduction zone.
The plates move at a relative rate of over 0.4 inches (10 mm) per year at a somewhat oblique angle to the subduction zone.
The high water contents of back-arc basin basalt magmas is derived from water carried down the subduction zone and released into the overlying mantle wedge.
This large oceanic plate was consumed at subduction zones (see subduction zone).
The magma ascends to form an arc of volcanoes parallel to the subduction zone.
The elements of an active oceanic basin often include the oceanic trench associated with a subduction zone.
The formation of mantle phlogopite in subduction zone hybridization.
