Subduction is a lithospheric process which occurs at convergent plate boundaries. One plate underthrusts another and sinks into the Earth mantle. The subduction mainly involves a subducting oceanic plate, but sometimes, a continental plate enters into the subduction zone. In this last case, a collisional chain develops. This process generates a high level of seismicity as the rocks deform in the vicinity of the plate boundary. All mega-earthquakes occur in subduction zones. Oceanic subduction creates favorable conditions for arc magmatism.
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Lallemand, S. (2016). Subduction. In Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (Vol. Part 2, pp. 793–802). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0_103-1
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