Subduction zone topic#2

Subduction zones are when a plate usally oceanic will subduct or go under another plate usually continental. The plate will go under the other into the asthenosphere and can create volcanoes and earthquakes. This is important to the rock cycle and preservation of new earth resources sprouting form volcanoes, creating fertile soil and oppurtunities for new forests to sprout over ones destroyed by pyroclastic flows. Subduction zones can also greatly affect people, earthquakes displace, kill and maim many every year and destroy structures more efficiently than any weapon of mass destruction. Volcanos have also proven to be very dangerous to surrounding towns and cities that live in the shadow of a dangerous sleeping giant.