subduction zonenoun [ C ]
uk/sʌbˈdʌkʃən ˌzəʊn/us/sʌbˈdʌkʃən ˌzoʊn/specializedan area where two continental plates (= large layers of rock that form the earth's surface) meet and where there are often earthquakes
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Geology - general words
- aquifer
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- the Anthropocene
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