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subduction
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Rupture and plate subduction may begin along preexisting weaknesses in the crust or mantle, such as along boundaries between different crustal types, along oceanic fracture zones, or along fossil plate boundaries.
Continental margins by Hutchinson, Deborah R. / Oceanus
Shearer and Masters report that their topographic map shows broad depressions in the seismic boundary beneath plate subduction zones.
Hitting a barrier deep within the planet by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
 
 
 
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