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Find the Aleutian trench that is circled on the map seen here. This area is the site where two tectonic plates meet. Islands have formed due to volcanic activity; tsunamis are a reasonable occurrence; there is a great trench here, the Aleutian Trench. What is this region called where the heavier, more dense crust sinks beneath the lighter crust.

A) subduction zone
B) divergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
C) convergent continental-continental plate boundary
D) divergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary

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A, subduction zone
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The region called where the heavier, more dense crust sinks beneath the lighter crus is a  subduction zone.

What are subduction zones?

Plate subduction is the process of deepening a lithospheric plate under another convergent boundary, according to the theory of plate tectonics.

A subduction zone is a region where is more dense crust sinks beneath the lighter crus.

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