Sentences with phrase «above subduction zones»
Many of the islands sit above a subduction zone, where two plates meet and one slides haltingly under the other, down into the Earth's mantle.
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The Sea of Okhotsk rests above a subduction zone, a place where one of the Earth's tectonic plates slides beneath another.
Popocatépetl, the second most active volcano in Mexico, lies above a subduction zone where one tectonic plate descends beneath another
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A tsunami caused by an earthquake along a subduction zone happens when the leading edge of the overriding tectonic plate breaks free and springs seaward, displacing the sea floor and the water above it.