Earth:Lesser Antilles subduction zone

Short description: Convergent plate boundary along the eastern margin of the Lesser Antilles island arc

Locator map of the Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles subduction zone is a convergent plate boundary on the seafloor along the eastern margin of the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc. In this subduction zone, oceanic crust of the South American Plate is being subducted under the Caribbean Plate.

References

• Deep structure of an island arc backstop, Lesser Antilles subduction zone, Christeson et al, (2003) Journal of Geophysical Research, V.108, p.2327