Which seafloor feature results where subduction arrests due buoyancy?

💡 Explanation

A buoyant continental fragment resists subduction, impeding trench deepening because 'isostatic equilibrium' causes uplift; therefore the ocean trench shallows considerably, rather than deepens due to continued subduction, or leading to ridge formation from divergent forces.

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