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Earthquake Image Glossary


 


Glossary of earthquake terms

 

Juan de Fuca plate subduction

Subduction
Subduction is the process of the oceanic lithosphere colliding with and descending beneath the continental lithosphere.

Subduction zone
The subduction zone is the place where two lithospheric plates come together, one riding over the other. Most volcanoes on land occur parallel to and inland from the boundary between the two plates.

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