Subduction

Added by Lawrie Ryan on Mar 19, 2008

An interactive animation illustrating how volcanoes and earthquakes occur in subduction zones. The oceanic crust, mantle, convection currents, volcanoes, continental crust, magma and subduction zone are labelled. Click the labels to reveal explanatory text about the process.

This resource is from the unit Moving Plates which is part of Absorb Chemistry.

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