Descending Slab
By Earthquake Hazards Program
2021 (approx.)
![Diagram showing a descending slab in yellow with the associated dip angle, flow pressure, and gravitational body force vectors](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/SLAB.gif?itok=WeWgQIvv)
Detailed Description
A slab is the oceanic crustal plate that underthrusts the continental plate in a subduction zone and is consumed by the earth's mantle.