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.

All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
subduction zone canonical 45
convergent plate boundary 18
triple junction 5

Instances (62)

Instance Via concept surface
New Britain Trench subduction system
New Britain subduction zone
Bouvet Triple Junction region triple junction
Kuril Trench
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Timor Trough
Seram Trough
Sunda subduction system
Japan Trench
East Luzon Trough
Cocos–North America plate boundary convergent plate boundary
Cocos–Caribbean plate boundary
Cotabato Trench
Aleutian subduction system
Izu–Bonin–Mariana Trench system convergent plate boundary
Chile Triple Junction triple junction
Rivera Triple Junction region triple junction
Ryukyu subduction zone
Tokai segment seismotectonic region
Nankai segment subduction zone segment
Lesser Antilles subduction zone
Azores Triple Junction triple junction
Aleutian Trench
Sumatra subduction zone
Java Trench
Hikurangi subduction margin
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
Hikurangi Trench
Eurasian Plate at the Nankai Trough
Atacama Trench
Middle America Trench
Kamchatka Trench
Mariana subduction zone
Makran subduction zone
Aleutian Arc
Great Rift Valley tectonic plate boundary feature
Mediterranean Ridge region tectonic plate boundary region
Hellenic subduction system
Sagami Trough
Puerto Rico Trench