Re: Don's blog

From: Marc 182 (marc182spamless_at_globalcrossing.net)
Date: 12/13/04

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    Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:15:10 -0700
    
    

    In article <1102854941.289975.270700@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
    don@tower.net.au says...

    <snip>

    > I posted a
    > message a little while back looking for clarification on something I
    > thought was cranky, ..about what nasa said about subduction
    > zones, and how the crust keeps pushing the mantle down:-
    >
    > "This leads us to the second type of plate boundary, which is called a
    > convergent boundary or subduction zone. These are plate margins where
    > one plate is overriding another, thereby forcing the other into the
    > mantle beneath it. These boundaries are in the form of trench and
    > island arc systems."
    > <http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate4.htm>
    >
    > If that's not cranky I don't know what is.

    You're right, you don't know what is.

    Marc


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