Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does subduction mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word subduction? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
  2. (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  3. The act of subducting or taking away.
  4. Arithmetical subtraction.
  5. (mathematics) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Similar Words
Examples
The Spontang ophiolitc, for example, is associated with partial subduction of buoyant continental crust.
Around both zones accretionary wedges are indications of Cretaceous subduction.
What remains unclear is whether the rocks formed in an open ocean or a marginal back-arc basin associated with a subduction zone.
The tensional stresses in the uplift can be relaxed by, for example, underthrusting in a subduction zone, or contraction in surrounding regions.
Palaeozoic volcanicity was conspicuous along active continental margins especially where there was subduction.
The most widely accepted view is that of an accretionary prism developed above an active subduction zone.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
10-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024