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

Heat flow chart to show relationship between heat flow and subduction.

Fig 12.24

An examination of heat flow also supports these predictions, showing low heat flow from the mantle in the region where cold oceanic crust is being subducted in the Pacific northwest.