As subduction occurs below the continental shelf, earthquakes become more likely.
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Subduction
//səbˈdʌkʃən//
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17 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- subducció noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Finnish
2 entries- alityöntö noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
- subduktio noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
French
1 entries- subduction noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Georgian
1 entries- სუბდუქცია noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַפְחָתָה noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Hungarian
2 entries- alábukás noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
- szubdukció noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Italian
1 entries- subduzione noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Latin
1 entries- subductiō noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Macedonian
1 entries- подвлекување noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Māori
1 entries- āinga whakararo noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- subduksjon noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- subduksjon noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Portuguese
1 entries- subdução noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Russian
1 entries- субду́кция noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Spanish
1 entries- subducción noun (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another)
Sample sentences
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Earthquakes often occur at subduction zones.
Source: tatoeba (12484033)
Therefore, both a mantle plume and also the subductions of the oceanic plates may have mutually contributed to create the magmatic zone.
Source: wiktionary
Evidence for a subduction polarity flip is clear in the Irish Caledonides, where the S-dipping slab beneath the Lough Nafooey arc (Dewey & Ryan 1990; Clift & Ryan 1994) became a N-dipping subduction zone after the Grampian Orogeny.
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