Which process explains crustal thickening at convergent boundaries?

💡 Explanation

Episodic tremor and slip (ETS) generates slow-slip earthquakes at subduction zones because aseismic slip accommodates strain, leading to crustal thickening and uplift, therefore thickening occurs, rather than sudden ruptures along locked faults.

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