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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 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

• Barberton Greenstone BeltRelated: Proposed tectonic models use subduction to explain parts of the belt’s deformation and magmatism.

• KimberliteRelated: Recycled materials from subduction may contribute to some kimberlite source regions.

• Mount RainierRelated: Subduction beneath Washington supplies magma to the Cascade volcanoes.

• Ocean drillingRelated: Drilled sediments at subduction zones reveal how material enters convergent margins.

• Oceanic lithosphereRelated: It returns old oceanic lithosphere to Earth's interior.

• Challenger DeepRelated: Subduction of the Pacific Plate helps form the Mariana Trench.

• Earth's crustRelated: It returns much oceanic crust to the mantle and helps drive the crustal cycle.

• Anatolian PlateRelated: Subduction around the Aegean helps balance motion at Anatolia’s western margin.

• Mantle transition zoneRelated: Subducted slabs transport cold rock and water into the transition zone.

• Marine geologyRelated: It removes oceanic crust and forms deep trenches and volcanic arcs.

• PannotiaRelated: Oceanic subduction could have driven convergence before Pannotia’s proposed assembly.

• Bransfield StraitRelated: The former subduction zone west of the peninsula is linked to the region’s tectonic history.

• LaurussiaRelated: Subduction consumed oceanic crust as the Iapetus Ocean closed before collision.

• Oceanic plateauRelated: Thick plateau crust can resist sinking and change how a subduction zone evolves.

• Submarine volcanoRelated: Subduction generates magma that feeds many submarine volcanoes.

• ArchipelagoRelated: It drives the volcanism that forms island arcs.

• Central Asian Orogenic BeltRelated: Subduction generated magmatic arcs and helped consume oceans within the belt.

• Superior CratonRelated: Subduction is one proposed setting for the craton’s volcanic arcs and crustal growth.

• Upper mantleRelated: A descending slab transfers water and other materials into the upper mantle.

• Geochemical cycleRelated: Subduction returns surface materials and their elements to the deep Earth.