Slab suction
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Slab suction
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Slab suction is one of the four main forces that drive plate tectonics. It creates a force that pulls down plates as they are subducting and speeds up their movement, creating larger amounts of displacement. It is because of these forces, slab pull, ridge push, mantle convection, and slab suction that the Earth's crust is able to move and orient itself in various arrangements. This is how throughout the Earth's history there has been the ability to create super continents where all of the land m
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Plate tectonic driving force of shear traction between the subducting slab and nearby plates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_suction
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2024-01-07T08:54:26Z
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