Key term for AQA GCSE Geography, used in The Challenge of Natural Hazards.
The process where a denser tectonic plate (usually oceanic) is forced down into the mantle beneath a less dense plate.
Subduction appears in AQA GCSE Geography revision content for Living with the physical environment, especially The Challenge of Natural Hazards and Tectonic Hazards.
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