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  1314w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  171w
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  89e
CONVECTION  1120e
CONVERGENT  120e
CORE  89s
CRUST  120ne
DENSITY  1019w
DIVEREGENT  116n
ISLANDARC  129se
LITHOSPHERE  1415w
MANTLE  1118e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  216n
OCEANIC  137ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  1516w
PANGEA  1915nw
PLATE  1516nw
PLATETECTONICS  1415nw
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  44e
STRAOVOLCANO  316n
SUBDUCTION  72e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  517e
THERRMAL  1213w
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  207s