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  612ne
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  103se
CONVECTION  1120w
CONVERGENT  2018w
CORE  143e
CRUST  98nw
DENSITY  141e
DIVEREGENT  141w
ISLANDARC  147sw
LITHOSPHERE  314n
MANTLE  64se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  22e
OCEANIC  1315ne
PALEOMAGNETISM  215n
PANGEA  109se
PLATE  215s
PLATETECTONICS  314ne
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  1115ne
STRAOVOLCANO  23e
SUBDUCTION  1716w
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  195sw
THERRMAL  33se
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  2015nw