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The 140 pages that link to Subduction, each with the reason it gives.

• Plate tectonicsRelated: Slab pull from sinking plates is now considered the dominant force driving plate motion.

• Seafloor spreadingRelated: Spreading and subduction balance: crust is created at ridges and destroyed at trenches.

• PangaeaRelated: Subduction along Pangaea's margins drew the continents into collision.

• Oceanic crustRelated: Old oceanic crust is commonly returned to the mantle at subduction zones.

• Pacific PlateRelated: Much of the Pacific Plate's boundary is consumed where it descends beneath neighboring plates.

• Volcanic arcNarrower topic: The descending plate supplies the setting and materials that generate arc magma.

• Volcanic islandRelated: Subduction supplies magma for many volcanic arcs composed of islands.

• Continental crustRelated: Water and melting above subducting plates generate magmas that contribute to continental growth.

• VolcanismRelated: Water released from the descending plate promotes melting in the overlying mantle.

• Continental collisionNarrower topic: Oceanic lithosphere commonly subducts before the continents on either side collide.

• Tethys OceanRelated: Subduction consumed Tethyan ocean floor as adjacent continents converged.

• OrogenyRelated: Subduction drives volcanic mountain belts and can precede continental collision.

• Lesser AntillesNarrower topic: Atlantic oceanic crust descends beneath the Caribbean plate along the arc.

• Mariana TrenchNarrower topic: The trench is the surface scar of the subduction zone that consumes the Pacific seafloor.

• Wilson cycleRelated: Stage three: subduction closes the basin once the ocean begins to shrink.

• AndesiteRelated: Water released from the sinking slab helps generate many andesite-producing magmas.

• Earth's mantleRelated: Subduction carries oceanic crust and water into the mantle, changing its composition and flow.

• Mount FujiNarrower topic: Subduction helps generate magma beneath the region where Fuji stands.

• Nazca PlateNarrower topic: The Nazca Plate’s eastward descent is a major example of this process.

• Philippine Sea PlateNarrower topic: Subduction defines much of the Philippine Sea Plate’s perimeter.

• OphioliteRelated: Ophiolite emplacement commonly occurs near convergent margins where subduction operates.

• LaurentiaRelated: Subduction consumed ocean basins beside Laurentia and helped drive later collisions.

• Caribbean PlateRelated: It occurs at several margins of the Caribbean Plate.

• Indian PlateRelated: Subduction of oceanic lithosphere preceded the final collision between India and Eurasia.

• Greenstone beltRelated: Subduction can generate volcanic arcs and deform rocks later incorporated into belts.

• Alpine orogenyNarrower topic: Subduction consumed oceanic crust during the approach of Africa and Eurasia.

• Convergent boundaryBroader topic: It is the main process where an oceanic plate meets another plate.

• Island arcNarrower topic: The sinking oceanic plate supplies the water and tectonic setting that produce an island arc.

• Japan TrenchNarrower topic: The trench marks the surface expression of Pacific Plate subduction.

• VolcanologyRelated: Water released from descending plates promotes melting in many volcanic arcs.

• Tectonic plateRelated: It returns oceanic lithosphere to the mantle and drives volcanism at convergent margins.

• South American PlateNarrower topic: This process accounts for much of the plate’s active western margin.

• Divergent boundaryCompared with: It commonly recycles oceanic crust, opposite to crust production at ridges.

• Iapetus OceanRelated: Subduction progressively consumed oceanic lithosphere as the Iapetus narrowed.

• Rock cycleRelated: Subduction carries rocks downward toward conditions that can metamorphose or melt them.

• Harry HessRelated: Crust created at ridges must be consumed elsewhere to balance the spreading Hess described.

• Himalayan orogenyRelated: Oceanic crust was subducted before buoyant continental India reached the Asian margin.

• Sunda TrenchNarrower topic: The trench is the surface expression of the plate descent occurring along this boundary.

• Antarctic PlateRelated: Subduction along parts of the Antarctic margin influenced the peninsula’s geological history.

• Farallon PlateNarrower topic: The Farallon Plate disappeared as it descended beneath the North American Plate.

• Juan de Fuca PlateNarrower topic: The plate's northeastward motion ends in descent beneath North America.

• Oceanic trenchNarrower topic: A descending plate bends the seafloor into a trench at a convergent boundary.

• Appalachian orogenyRelated: Subduction consumed oceanic crust before and during the collisions that built the Appalachians.

• Carbonate–silicate cycleRelated: Subduction carries buried carbonate and other carbon-bearing rocks toward deep geological recycling.

• Cocos PlateNarrower topic: The Cocos Plate’s descent beneath neighboring plates is a major example of this process.

• Hadal zoneRelated: Subduction creates the deep trenches where most hadal habitats occur.

• Izu–Bonin–Mariana arcNarrower topic: The arc is a direct product of Pacific Plate subduction.

• Mount EtnaRelated: Convergence near Sicily is part of the regional setting for Etna’s magmatism.

• North American CordilleraRelated: Long-lived subduction along the western margin drove volcanism and crustal deformation.

• Accretionary wedgeNarrower topic: The descending plate supplies sediment and rock that the wedge incorporates.