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Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology

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Death <strong>of</strong> a Subduction Zone<br />

• Eventually, a subduction zone may swallow all <strong>of</strong> the dense oceanic crust<br />

• Two plates <strong>of</strong> continental material (?) cannot subduct because they are<br />

not dense enough.<br />

(collision animation)

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