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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > soil science > soil processes and phenomena > subduction
Preferred Term:

subducción

Definition:
Proceso en el que una placa de la corteza terrestre se desliza debajo de otra cuando estas convergen. La zona de subducción es el área entre las dos placas, parecida a una falla de rumbo enorme.
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
Términos Genéricos:
procesos y fenómenos del suelo
Términos Relacionados:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/335253
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RDF/XMLCreated 2019-11-04, last modified 2019-12-16