subduction zone
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concept
A subduction zone is a tectonic boundary where one lithospheric plate sinks beneath another into the mantle, generating intense seismic activity, volcanism, and mountain building.
Aliases (7)
- convergent plate boundary ×6
- triple junction ×3
- subduction zone trench ×2
- tectonic plate boundary region ×2
- megathrust fault ×1
- subduction zone system ×1
- tectonic plate boundary feature ×1
Instances (38)
- Bouvet Triple Junction region ("triple junction")
- Cascadia Subduction Zone
- Japan Trench
- Azores Triple Junction ("triple junction")
- Aleutian Trench
- Sumatra subduction zone
- Java Trench
- Tonga-Kermadec subduction system
- Tonga–Kermadec Arc
- Ryukyu Arc ("subduction zone system")
- Kermadec Trench ("subduction zone trench")
- Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system
- Ryukyu Trench
- Izu–Ogasawara Trench
- Afar Triangle ("triple junction")
- Manila Trench
- Andean subduction system
- Sunda Trench
- Atacama Trench
- Middle America Trench
- Mariana subduction zone
- Aleutian Arc
- Mediterranean Ridge region ("tectonic plate boundary region")
- Hellenic subduction system
- Puerto Rico Trench
- Palau Trench ("subduction zone trench")
- Nankai Trough
- South Sandwich Island Arc
- Peru–Chile Trench region