This blue line here, that's what we call the subduction zone, so that's kind of where the plates, one lays on top of the other. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008] Reference
The west coast of South America is referred to as a subduction zone. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
KELLAN: Intraslab quakes begin deep in the earth in undersea areas called subduction zones. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Seattle Earthquake - February 28, 2001] Reference
And that is called the subduction plate shift, or subduction -- that's what it is, a subduction fault. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2005] Reference
All of the rock types described above can be returned to the Earth's interior by tectonic forces at areas known as subduction zones. From Wordnik.com. [Rock cycle] Reference
In some places, called subduction zones, one plate sinks beneath another plate and returns to the molten regions of the athenosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Other boundaries, called subduction zones, force one plate to move under the other, carrying organic wastes and ocean water with them. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
(subducts) below the other at so-called subduction zones. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
They are often called subduction zones. From Wordnik.com. [Channel3000.com - Local News] Reference
It marks a "subduction" zone, where one plate of Earth's crust rides on top of the other. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Australia mining firm strikes gold in RP] Reference
This is the Kuril Trench and it is a subduction zone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006] Reference
The one that's in the subduction zone, as it's called. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006] Reference
This subduction zone tries to bend this top plate here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
It is in a subduction zone, that is why this is darker. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006] Reference
Ocean crust is returned to the mantle through subduction. From Wordnik.com. [Formation of the Earth's crust] Reference
The call it, one underneath the other, the subduction zone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
MYERS: If you can take my camera here, this is a subduction zone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2007] Reference
“You know about the Alaska-Aleutian megathrust subduction zone?”. From Wordnik.com. [A Grave Denied]
But below this is the subduction zone is where that energy took place. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
But she adds, they are not related to the nearby Cascadia subduction zone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008] Reference
If this was some kind of big subduction area here, we'll have to see what happens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2007] Reference
These are the subduction plates and this is the Pacific plate and the Australian plate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
In a subduction zone, one slab of the earth's surface is slowly sliding under another plate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Seattle Earthquake - February 28, 2001] Reference
As this goes down through a subduction zone, this piece bends a little bit and then pops up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010] Reference
This land right along a subduction zone, which means this area here is going under this plate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2009] Reference
Earthquakes like the one yesterday, in a subduction zone, have a repeat time of 200 or 300 years. From Wordnik.com. [Earthquake's Size, Damage Called Biblical] Reference
Most occur along tectonic plate boundaries where plate subduction creates rising plumes of magma. From Wordnik.com. [Volcano] Reference
What we have here is a subduction zone, where one of the earth's plates is moving down beneath the other. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2007] Reference
We had a subduction zone at Banda Aceh and then another piece of dirt or earth, the crust, going that way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010] Reference
But we have plates that are colliding, and in this particular case, coming into a subduction zone right here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010] Reference
Geologists believe that subduction zones beneath the earth's surface are constantly active around these areas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2006] Reference
And as they come together in this arc right here, and this volcanic and subduction zone arc is where we have these islands. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010] Reference
This is not one of those subduction areas where the earth is slowly, slowly, slowly collapsing and it buckles all at one time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
The big red dot you see here is actually the size or actually the center of the quake itself, a little bit of a subduction zone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2009] Reference
And, incidentally, this region here, the Peru-Chile subduction zone, is known for produces some of the world's worst earthquakes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2007] Reference
This attracted the attention of American geologists who study the Cascadia subduction zone, off the coast of Washington and Oregon. From Wordnik.com. [THE TSUNAMI THREAT] Reference
CHALMERS: Scientists believe the Cascadia subduction zone caused a magnitude nine earthquake near the Pacific Northwest 300 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008] Reference
When you get an 8.0 earthquake, you get a-- in a subduction zone, which means one of the plates is heavier than the other, it's going down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
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