Which geological effect results from slab rollback during subduction?

💡 Explanation

Slab rollback causes extension because the subducting plate sinks faster than the overriding plate can adjust; therefore, a back-arc basin opens, rather than compression which would require plate convergence dominated by frontal collision.

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