Related Words for subduction

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orogenic
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Noun
orogen
xxx
Noun
crustal
/x
Noun, Adjective
rifting
/x
Noun
tectonic
x/x
Noun
volcanism
xxxx
Noun
lithospheric
/x/x
Adjective
magmatic
//x
Adjective
volcanics
x/x
Noun
deformation
xx/x
Noun
hydrothermal
xx/x
Noun
accretion
x/x
Noun
sedimentary
xx/xx
Noun
terranes
x/
Noun
subsumption
/xx
Noun
pushing
/x
Verb
submergence
x/x
Noun
subjection
x/x
Noun
subduing
x/x
Verb
submersion
x/x
Noun
pulling
/x
Verb
tugging
/x
Verb
implosion
x/x
Noun
subjugation
/x/x
Noun
dipping
/x
Noun
depression
x/x
Noun
penetration
xx/x
Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
lowering
/xx
Verb
diving
/x
Noun
subordination
xxx/x
Noun
receding
x/x
Noun
subversion
x/x
Noun
seeping
/x
Verb
adduction
x/x
Noun
bending
/x
Noun
gliding
/x
Verb
subsiding
x/x
Verb
projection
x/x
Noun
seduction
x/x
Noun
insertion
x/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
slashing
/x
Verb
squashing
/x
Verb
creeping
/x
Verb
slipping
/x
Verb
dislodging
x/x
Verb
subdividing
xx/x
Verb
impingement
x/x
Noun
towing
/x
Noun
relegation
/x/x
Noun
overtaking
/xxx
Verb
burrowing
/xx
Noun
swallowing
/xx
Verb
digging
/x
Noun
undermining
/xxx
Noun
smothering
/xx
Noun
protrusion
x/x
Noun
caving
/x
Noun
surfacing
/xx
Noun
exclusion
x/x
Noun
retraction
x/x
Noun
absorption
x/x
Noun
actuation
/x/x
Noun
eastward
/x
Verb, Adjective
southward
/x
Adjective
tethys
/x
Name
exhumation
xx/x
Noun
northward
/x
Adverb
oblique
x/
Adjective
collision
x/x
Noun
mesozoic
xx/x
Adjective
oceanic
xx/x
Adjective
plate
/
Noun
trench
/
Noun
buoyant
/x
Adjective
franciscan
x/x
Adjective
metamorphism
xx/xx
Noun
polarity
x/xx
Noun
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
ridge
/
Noun
continental
xx/x
Adjective
mantle
/x
Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
zones
/
Noun
slab
/
Noun
spreading
/x
Verb
ceased
/
Verb
margin
/x
Noun
convergence
x/x
Noun
shallow
/x
Adjective
sediments
/xx
Noun
arc
/
Noun
ocean
/x
Noun
continued
x/x
Adjective
erosion
x/x
Noun
active
/x
Adjective
occurring
x/x
Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
biotic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cementation
/x/x
Noun
commercialization
xxxx/x
Noun
compressional
x/xx
Adjective
crystallisation
/xx/x
Noun
deltaic
x/x
Adjective
denudation
x//x
Noun
depositional
xx/xx
Adjective
diagenetic
x/x/x
Adjective
dismantling
x/xx
Noun
excavation
xx/x
Noun
fluvial
/xx
Adjective
glaciation
xx/x
Noun
rebuilding
x/x
Noun
recrystallization
x/xxxx
Noun
sedimentation
xxx/x
Noun
vadose
x/
Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb