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Bilingual glossary of geology


Oceanic Trench  Fosse océanique
A long, narrow, and deep trough on the sea floor caused by the subduction of a lithospheric plate.

Themes:
  Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle

Related words:
  Subduction
  Oceanic Crust
  Convergent Plate Boundary


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