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  1817n
ASTHENOSPHERE  175w
BASALT  28e
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  817ne
CONVECTION  317ne
CONVERGENT  107sw
CORE  1317ne
CRUST  1317n
DENSITY  1020w
DIVEREGENT  1020e
ISLANDARC  518ne
LITHOSPHERE  34e
MANTLE  33e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  1819w
OCEANIC  97sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  2017n
PANGEA  714sw
PLATE  2017w
PLATETECTONICS  1917w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  117sw
STRAOVOLCANO  717ne
SUBDUCTION  197sw
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  111e
THERRMAL  193w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193s
TRENCHES  1717n