What happens in a subduction zone?

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Dwalter · Answer 1 · 2022-06-18T23:20:20+0000

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Where two tectonic plates meet at a subduction zone, one bends and slides underneath the other, curving down into the mantle.The mantle is the hotter layer under the crust.At a subduction zone, the oceanic crust usually sinks into the mantle beneath lighter continental crust

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