Geography A-Level
Slab pull
What Slab pull means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Slab pull
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Reference: AQA
At destructive margins, the dense, subducting oceanic plate pulls the rest of the plate behind it, a dominant driving force.
Topics that use Slab pull
- Plate tectonics (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Conservative margins
- Destructive margins
- Magma plumes
- Vulcanicity
- Constructive margins
- Convection currents
- Decompression melting
- Hotspot volcanoes
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