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mount st. helens and the cascade mountain range were formed where the juan de fuca (ocean) plate dives beneath the north american (continental) plate. what is it called when one plate buckles downward into the earths mantle? (1 point) intertidal pelagic rift subduction
Subduction is the process where one tectonic plate (oceanic in this case) moves beneath another (continental) and sinks into the mantle. Intertidal refers to the area between high and low tide. Pelagic relates to the open sea. A rift is a linear zone where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart. So, the correct term for one plate buckling downward into the Earth's mantle is subduction.
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