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On the opposite end of a tectonic plate from its spreading zone may be a subduction zone, a span where two plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other. Processing in ancient subduction zones removed elements soluble in water-rich metasomatic fluids and concentrated insoluble high-field-strength elements (e. The Cascadian fault, which stretches from Northern California to mid-Vancouver Island, is a subduction zone. |
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