Subduction zone - Elshaima

Plate Tectonics

1. Subduction ZonesSubduction Zones
By: Elshaima Omran

2. Subduction ZonesSubduction Zones
When two tectonic plates come together.
one plate will go down under the other
The plate boundary where this action
happens called subduction zones

3. Subduction ZonesSubduction Zones
It happens at convergent boundaries
oceanic and continental, and oceanic
and oceanic
There are two types of lithosphere,
oceanic and continental there is 3
possible things to have
◦oceanic and oceanic
◦oceanic and continental
◦continental and continental

4. Picture of Subduction Zone