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subduction

/səbˈdʌk.ʃən/

Traduction: Processus géologique par lequel une plaque tectonique passe sous une autre plaque et s'enfonce dans le manteau terrestre.

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noun

C1formalcommonscientific/səbˈdʌk.ʃən/

indénombrable

A geological process in which one tectonic plate moves sideways and downward beneath another plate into the Earth's mantle.

  • 🇫🇷Processus géologique par lequel une plaque tectonique passe sous une autre plaque et s'enfonce dans le manteau terrestre.
  1. Geological process C1 formal scientific

    A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate.

    • Subduction zones are responsible for many of the world's largest earthquakes.
    • The Pacific Plate is undergoing subduction beneath the North American Plate.
    • Volcanic arcs often form above subduction zones.

    🇫🇷Subduction

  • subductions plural form
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