Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Drawn under
English answer:
also *subduction*
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Drawn under
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Geology
"The thinner Pacific plate collides with the continental crust of the Indo-Australian plate, heating and melting as it is drawn under."
Drawn under by what? Does it mean that the Pacific plate is crushed by the continental crust of the Indo-Australian plate at the collision?
Drawn under by what? Does it mean that the Pacific plate is crushed by the continental crust of the Indo-Australian plate at the collision?
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| 3 +3 | also *subduction* |
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also *subduction*
Not my field, but..
The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another:
As the plate edge is drawn under, it pulls the remainder of the plate behind it. ... The traditional wisdom is that new rifts form under large continental ...
webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/mechansm.php
The resulting collision. may create subduction. • Subduction: A process by which the edge of one continental plate is drawn under a. neighboring plate. ...
www.captech.org/pdfs/og1_lp03.pdf
The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another:
As the plate edge is drawn under, it pulls the remainder of the plate behind it. ... The traditional wisdom is that new rifts form under large continental ...
webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/mechansm.php
The resulting collision. may create subduction. • Subduction: A process by which the edge of one continental plate is drawn under a. neighboring plate. ...
www.captech.org/pdfs/og1_lp03.pdf
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