Key term for Edexcel GCSE Geography B, used in Plate Boundaries and Hazards.
The process at a convergent plate boundary where a denser oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle and melts.
Subduction appears in Edexcel GCSE Geography B revision content for Hazardous Earth, especially Plate Boundaries and Hazards and Plate boundaries.
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