Which outcome results from increased mantle dehydration during subduction?

💡 Explanation

Dehydration introduces water into the mantle wedge above the subducting slab, a process called flux melting. Melting points lower because water reduces the solidus temperature; therefore, crustal melting increases, rather than adjustments to viscosity, earthquake frequency, or crustal erosion.

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