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  1717n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  113n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  1112nw
CONVECTION  121w
CONVERGENT  1719w
CORE  917nw
CRUST  121e
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  120e
ISLANDARC  1317nw
LITHOSPHERE  317n
MANTLE  1914n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  24se
OCEANIC  1011se
PALEOMAGNETISM  217n
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  217e
PLATETECTONICS  317e
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1818w
STRAOVOLCANO  25se
SUBDUCTION  162w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  146w
THERRMAL  517n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33e
TRENCHES  157s