Subducción

The video explains the process of plate tectonics, focusing on how a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, causing the denser oceanic plate to subduct beneath the continental plate. This subduction leads to plate deformation and movement toward the mantle, forming significant geological features like ocean trenches, exemplified by the Mariana trench, the deepest in the world.

How fast does the oceanic plate typically move towards the mantle during subduction?

What is the Mariana Trench and why is it significant?