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  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  2010n
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1419w
CONVECTION  38s
CONVERGENT  1419nw
CORE  1420ne
CRUST  107se
DENSITY  2011s
DIVEREGENT  1518n
ISLANDARC  67se
LITHOSPHERE  91e
MANTLE  411se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  58se
OCEANIC  1711sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  416n
PANGEA  220n
PLATE  220e
PLATETECTONICS  120e
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  44e
SUBDUCTION  1918n
SUPERCONTINENT  157w
SUTUREZONE  66e
THERRMAL  27s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  159sw