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Contents of 12.4 What is the evidence that subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries?

• Compressional stress is a hallmark of subduction zones
• Himalaya Mountains are the result of subduction.
• Earthquakes such as the M9.5 off the coast of Chile in 1960 (Fig. 11.36), the Denali, Alaska, quake of 2002 (Fig. 11.32), and the 1995 Kobe, Japan, event (Fig. 11.37) are all examples of the compressive forces that become bound up in subduction zones.

12.4 What is the evidence that subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries?