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  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  820w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  102e
CONVECTION  1820w
CONVERGENT  710ne
CORE  102s
CRUST  516ne
DENSITY  52s
DIVEREGENT  1718w
ISLANDARC  163sw
LITHOSPHERE  1819n
MANTLE  196sw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  196s
OCEANIC  79ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  2019w
PANGEA  1813w
PLATE  2019n
PLATETECTONICS  2018n
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  711ne
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  1814w
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  1013ne
THERRMAL  182sw
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  161w