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Discuss the differences between the minor-points close and the alternative-choice close.


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Subduction Zone

A region of Earth's crust where two tectonic plates converge, and one plate is forced underneath the other into the mantle, often leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Accretionary Prism

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off the top of a downgoing tectonic plate and accreted onto the overriding plate at a convergent plate boundary.

Fold and Thrust Belt

A region in the earth's crust where the rocks have been deformed by horizontal compression, leading to the formation of folds and thrust faults.

Anticlines

Upwardly convex folds in rock layers, typically formed through compression within the Earth's crust.

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