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(Solved): 5. Find the angle of subduction Graph the data, and calculate or measure the angle that the subduc ...
5. Find the angle of subduction Graph the data, and calculate or measure the angle that the subducted plate is descending into the mantle. Draw a best-fit line through your data, and use the angle between your best fit line and the axis representing Earth's surface. You can either do this by using a protractor from the graph (assuming you were careful in your choice of axes), or by using trigonometry (tangent of the angle \( = \) rise/run).
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At location -1 , Lowest depth of subduction here is 35 Km, because this is the average thickness of crust and below which layer is sub-ducted. And hen