Which outcome occurs when lithospheric plates subduct irregularly?

💡 Explanation

Episodic tremor and slip (ETS) can occur because irregular subduction causes varying stress accumulation at the plate interface, which is then released as slow-slip events accompanied tremors; therefore, ETS is the outcome, rather than plume formation which relates to mantle convection.

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