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subduction

geological process at tectonic plate boundaries
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subduction

Summary

subduction ranks in the top 5% of geological_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,649 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • subduction is a type of geological process[2].
  • subduction's Commons category is recorded as Subduction[3].
  • subduction is the opposite of obduction[4].
  • subduction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Subduction[5].
  • subduction's facet of is recorded as plate tectonics[6].
  • subduction's has effect is recorded as subduction zone[7].
  • subduction's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Subduction[8].

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Definition and Type

subduction is a type of geological process[2]. subduction is the opposite of obduction[4].

Why It Matters

subduction ranks in the top 5% of geological_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,649 views/month).[1] subduction has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] subduction is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → geological process
    Instance of → —
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Subduction
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Subduction"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → plate tectonics
    Has effect → subduction zone
    Instance of → —
    Opposite of → obduction
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007561168705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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