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Subduction zones are associated with the greatest disturbances to the flow of heat from the interior of the Earth. They are also the sites of large departures from isostatic equilibrium in the lithosphere, particularly in the regions where oceanic plates bend to begin their descent into the Earth’s mantle.
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Mason, R. (1991). Metamorphism in subduction zones. In: Petrology of the metamorphic rocks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2590-3_6
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