Definition of Subducting. Meaning of Subducting. Synonyms of Subducting

- subduction zone, and fluids released by the subducting plate trigger volcanism in the overriding plate. If the subducting plate sinks at a shallow angle, the...
- crust. The force of gravity helps drive the subducting slab into the mantle. As the relatively cool subducting slab sinks deeper into the mantle, it is heated...
- relatively dense subducting plate pulling the leading edge of the plate downward.: 44–45  Multiple earthquakes occur within the subducting slab with the...
- plates, subducting under the northern part of the North American Plate; the Cocos Plate subducting under Central America; and the Nazca Plate subducting under...
- 5 degrees) on the outer (subducting) side of the trench. The bottom of the trench marks the boundary between the subducting and overriding plates, known...
- dehydration melting of minerals contained in the subducting oceanic crust formed at mid-ocean ridges. The subducting oceanic crust consists of four major units...
- mountains in the Philippines. Several of these are volcanoes, formed by subducting tectonic plates surrounding the archipelago. Map all coordinates using...
- the Sandwich Plate; the westerly edge is a convergent boundary with the subducting Nazca Plate; and the northerly edge is a boundary with the Caribbean Plate...
- Trench. The Eurasian Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile Belt at the Manila Trench. The Sunda Plate is subducting under the Philippine Mobile...
- Trench and the ****an Trench. The plate forms a convergent boundary by subducting under the Philippine Sea Plate creating the Mariana Trench, has a transform...