verb
- forcing one tectonic plate beneath another at a convergent boundary
Usage: geological
Examples
- The oceanic plate is subducing beneath the continental plate.
- Scientists study the process of subducing plates to understand earthquakes.
- The subducing slab creates deep ocean trenches.
- Volcanic activity often occurs where plates are subducing.
- The Pacific Plate is subducing under the North American Plate.
- Subducing oceanic crust eventually melts in the mantle.