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Noun Concept
Categories: Geological processes, Lithosphere, Articles with short description, Plate tectonics
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subduction  arc-trench complex  plate subduction  subduct  subducted
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A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate WordNet 3.0
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A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries. Wikipedia
Geological process at tectonic plate boundaries Wikidata
The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary. Wiktionary