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One seafloor plate slides under another seafloor plate and begin to melt back into magma. What is the name of this process?
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One seafloor plate slides under another seafloor plate and begin to melt back into magma. What is the name of this process?

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When a plate is pulled under another plate and melts into magma it is called subduction.

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