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Subduction occurs when a denser heavier plate is forced under a lighter plate. It is usually the oceanic plate that sub ducts under a continental plate and the are marked by deep ocean trenches

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Subduction occurs when one tectonic plate slides beneath another, typically in a convergent boundary where plates are colliding. The descending plate is denser and cooler than the overriding plate, causing it to sink into the mantle. This process can lead to the formation of deep ocean trenches, volcanic arcs, and earthquakes.

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subduction works by to plates pass by each other and the biggest one starts to go under the smaller one and the smaller one just keeps going over the bigger one.

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