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Drawn under

English translation: also *subduction*

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English term or phrase:Drawn under
Selected answer:also *subduction*
Entered by: albertdeng

09:10 Jun 22, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Geology
English term or phrase: Drawn under
"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?
albertdeng
New Zealand
Local time: 02:30
also *subduction*
Explanation:
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
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Maudarg (X)
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Local time: 15:30
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drawn under
also *subduction*


Explanation:
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

Maudarg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jccantrell: Correct. These are known as subduction zones. Can create more massive earthquakes than strike-slip zones. Oh well, just another day in Paradise on the Pacific rim of fire. :)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks - perhaps better not to think about that too much
agree  Pham Huu Phuoc
1 day 3 hrs
agree  ARTES
2 days 4 hrs
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