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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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

subduction

Definition:
Process of one crustal plate sliding down and below another crustal plate as the two converge. The subduction zone is the area between the two plates, somewhat like a giant reverse fault.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
soil processes and phenomena
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/335253
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RDF/XMLCreated 2019-11-04, last modified 2019-12-16