metamorphic rock
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Basalt pushed into the crust by subduction will likely become metamorphosed into a rock called eclogite due to the high pressure and temperature conditions experienced in the subduction zone.
Subduction Zones.
subduction, which is when one tectonic plate is pushed down beneath another tectonic plate.
subduction boundary!!!
Mount St. Helens is a result of subduction as the Juan de Fuca Plate is pushed under the North American Plate.
It gets pushed down under the lighter plate. This process is called subduction.