Slab (geology)

[2] The slab affects the convection and evolution of the Earth's mantle due to the insertion of the hydrous oceanic lithosphere.

[4] Recycling the subducted slab presents volcanism by flux melting from the mantle wedge.

[5] The slab motion can cause dynamic uplift and subsidence of the Earth's surface, forming shallow seaways[2] and potentially rearranging drainage patterns.

[9] Temperature gradients of subducted slabs depend on the oceanic plate's time and thermal structures.

[10] Slabs experiencing low angle (less than 30 degrees) subduction is considered flat-slab, primarily in southern China and the western United States.

The figure is a schematic diagram depicting a subduction zone. The subduction slab on the right enters the mantle with a varying temperature gradient while importing water in a downward motion.
A model of the subducting Farallon slab under North America