6.

Most of the oceanic crust (by some estimates 99.999%) is returned to the mantle by the process of subduction.  A small portion, however, can be added (accreted) to the margin of a continent or island arc at a convergent plate boundary.  What process(es) is responsible for the incorporation oceanic crust into continental crust or into an island arc?


Geologic Processes


Erosion,
Transportation,
Deposition
Burial and
Cementation
(DIAGENESIS)
METAMORPHISM
(exposure to High P
and High T)
MELTING in the crust, beneath a Continent
or an Island Arc
MELTING in
Asthenosphere
INTRUSION
EXTRUSION
COOLING
and CRYSTALLIZATION
UPLIFT or
OBDUCTION
(Folding/Faulting)
SUBDUCTION