Subduction and plate tectonics
Structure of subduction zones
Arc-trench complex
Deep structure
Subduction angle
Thermal subsidence
Subduction markers
Life cycle of subduction zones
Initiation of subduction
End of subduction
Effects
Metamorphism
Volcanic activity
Plutonism
Earthquakes and tsunamis
Orogeny
Beginnings of subduction on Earth
Thermal anomalies
Gravity anomalies
Mineralogical transformations (metamorphism)
Methods of mineral transformation
Mode of formation of two representative rocks: andesite and garnet eclogite
Consequences of subduction and associated metamorphism
Magma formation
Mechanisms of subduction
Maintenance of subduction
Initiation of subduction
Current subduction zones on Earth