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  317ne
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  105w
BOUNDARY  1210e
CONTINENTAL  1018e
CONVECTION  138sw
CONVERGENT  1616w
CORE  48e
CRUST  1018w
DENSITY  141e
DIVEREGENT  141w
ISLANDARC  44e
LITHOSPHERE  414ne
MANTLE  1111e
MIDOCEANRIDGE  172w
OCEANIC  913e
PALEOMAGNETISM  415ne
PANGEA  1519e
PLATE  415n
PLATETECTONICS  414n
RIFTVALLEY  1012e
RIFTZONE  143sw
STRAOVOLCANO  163w
SUBDUCTION  217n
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1520w
THERRMAL  319e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  412ne