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How does slab pull occur

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As lithospheric plates move away from midocean ridges they cool and become denser. They eventually become more dense than the underlying hot mantle. After subducted, cool, dense lithosphere sinks into the mantle under its own weight. This helps to pull the rest of the plate down with it. This is how slab pull occur

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