Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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ACCRETION  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  1012se
BOUNDARY  1012w
CONTINENTAL  1818n
CONVECTION  1120e
CONVERGENT  192w
CORE  107nw
CRUST  1120w
DENSITY  48n
DIVEREGENT  617e
ISLANDARC  210s
LITHOSPHERE  110e
MANTLE  1111w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  419ne
OCEANIC  139w
PALEOMAGNETISM  1719w
PANGEA  63e
PLATE  618e
PLATETECTONICS  718e
RIFTVALLEY  184w
RIFTZONE  51s
STRAOVOLCANO  31e
SUBDUCTION  2010s
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  2010n
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  918ne