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  175w
BASALT  1813nw
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  1020e
CONVECTION  1918nw
CONVERGENT  1020w
CORE  1214nw
CRUST  1517ne
DENSITY  1317ne
DIVEREGENT  166w
ISLANDARC  1211ne
LITHOSPHERE  34e
MANTLE  1111nw
MIDOCEANRIDGE  42e
OCEANIC  1112sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  23s
PANGEA  23e
PLATE  23se
PLATETECTONICS  34se
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  163w
STRAOVOLCANO  21e
SUBDUCTION  1017e
SUPERCONTINENT  719ne
SUTUREZONE  14s
THERRMAL  319n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  78s