#6.1 subduction
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A critical process at plate margins.
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SUBDUCTION Oceanic Crust beneath Continental Crust
Forming a range of coastal Volcanic Mountains
The Andes and the Cascades are 2 of the more well-known volcanic coastal mountain
ranges...
SUBDUCTIONOceanic Crust
beneath Oceanic Crust
Forming an Arc of
Volcanic Islands, or Island Arcs
Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and the island nation of Japan are examples of
Island Arcs
The RING of FIRE is an area of Subduction Zones surrounding the Pacific Ocean where
volcanoes numerous occur.
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