subduction

[US]/səb'dʌkʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/səb'dʌkʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.subtraction; the act or process of subtracting

Phrases & Collocations

oceanic subduction

subduction zone

Example Sentences

(3)controls on the updip and downdip limits of the seismogenic zone of subduction thrusts;

After that, rapid cooling retrograde metam orphism occurred.Early rapid ocean spreading was constrained because subduction appeared.Therefore, metagabbro continued to uplift under the slow extension.

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