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Wegener's explanation was that as the continents moved, the leading edge of the continent would encounter resistance and thus compress and fold upwards forming mountains near ... There was no more ocean left to lubricate the subduction and so the plates welled up to form the High Plateau of Tibet and the Himalayan Mountains.
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In a word -- Subduction. ... Where plate boundaries converge, this motion causes the lithosphere from one plate to be pushed beneath another, where it is melted and recycled. This process is called subduction. ... Volcanoes can also form by other mechanisms besides subduction. There are spots on earth where stationary magma...
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www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/subduction.html
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Expanding Earth Biology discussion ... Actually, subduction is the main problem with the tectonicstheory. The expansiontheory does not offer an alternative explanation for subduction, but argues there ain't no subduction going on at all.
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www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=4253
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Likewise, the geochronological evidence used to illustrate the belts of diachronous deformation does not concur with Soesoo et al.'s explanation of subduction.
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www.faqs.org/abstracts/Earth-sciences/Comment-Reply.htm...
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Hence, the flat subduction angle. This buoyancy explanation has also been used for the southern Andes, where subduction of an oceanic ridge or a submarine plateau was cited as the cause for the flat portion of the subducted Nazca plate.
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Thus deep-focus quakes, those below 70 km, demand an explanation. ... Subduction gives us a way around this. As the lithospheric plates making up Earth's outer shell interact, some are plunged downward into the underlying mantle. As they exit the plate-tectonic game they get a new name: slabs.
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geology.about.com/od/earthquakes/a/aa_deeEQs.htm
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Today in History ... Ask a Question...
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www.question.com/dictionary/subduction.html
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Subduction Zone Studies ... Introduction to Volcanic Arc systems highlights the importance of understanding how subduction zones operate. For example, many of the Earth's most active 'Decade Volcanoes' are associated with subduction zones.
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www.ruf.rice.edu/~leeman/billarcmaps.html
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How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction ... This process, called subduction, creates a very deep trough near the line of contact between the oceanic and continental plates. This trough is called an oceanic trench. As an oceanic plate is subducted into the Earth it is subjected to increased...
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