I believe the answer is basal sliding
I thought you were asking what comes after 23 );
We were far away from Germany, Italy and Japan. Water seperated the U.S. from the attacking countries so it was harder for them to attack the U.S.
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A subduction zone is a region in which an oceanic tectonic plate slides beneath a continental plate. This action creates volcanic islands and volcanoes along the coasts of continents. It can also generate large earthquakes. If these earthquakes occur offshore in the ocean, they may even generate a tsunami. The oceanic plate also melts during the subduction process, becoming molten rock. This molten material can then push to the surface during volcanic activity.
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Plato users! this is the exact answer so you might want to reword it a little
