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  2018w
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  716e
CONVECTION  1512nw
CONVERGENT  14s
CORE  77w
CRUST  1215nw
DENSITY  94e
DIVEREGENT  412n
ISLANDARC  1615nw
LITHOSPHERE  182sw
MANTLE  181w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  72se
OCEANIC  711ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  202w
PANGEA  915ne
PLATE  1620e
PLATETECTONICS  1520w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  715n
SUBDUCTION  211n
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  211s
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  2015n