The Wadati-Benioff zone is a belt of earthquakes found ____________.
A) within an otherwise stable continental interior
B) within an overriding plate at a subduction zone
C) within a downgoing plate at a subduction zone
D) along mid-ocean ridges
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Q32: At a subduction zone,the overriding plate _.
A)is
Q33: Mid-ocean ridges are _.
A)convergent plate boundaries
B)divergent plate
Q48: When two bodies of continental lithosphere are
Q50: At a transform plate boundary,two opposed plates
Q52: Subduction zones are _.
A) convergent plate boundaries
B)
Q54: Hawaii is an example of _.
A) hot-spot
Q56: Segments of the mid-ocean ridge system are
Q57: At transform plate boundaries _.
A)earthquakes are common
Q57: As compared to a slowly spreading mid-ocean
Q58: Most of the pushing force that drives
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