Which deformation results when a subducting plate experiences dehydration?

💡 Explanation

Forearc basins subside drastically because the crust becomes denser via metamorphic densification; dehydration releases fluids that trigger serpentinization, increasing density, therefore increased subsidence rather than mantle changes or volcanism changes driven by unrelated mechanisms.

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