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What happens to the freshly melted liquid rock in the subduction zone? ​

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freshly melted liquid rock makes its way toward the surface.

Step-by-step explanation:

Most of the molten rock cools and solidifies in huge sponge-like magma chambers far below the Earth's surface.

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The gaseous sweat works its way upward, causing a chain of chemical reactions that melt the mantle above the subducting plate. This hot, freshly melted liquid rock (magma) makes its way toward the surface. Most of the molten rock cools and solidifies in huge sponge-like magma chambers far below the Earth's surface.

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