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  1717w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  220e
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  132w
CONVECTION  1020e
CONVERGENT  214n
CORE  132e
CRUST  712ne
DENSITY  914ne
DIVEREGENT  1218w
ISLANDARC  86e
LITHOSPHERE  1816n
MANTLE  193w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  194w
OCEANIC  713sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  1917n
PANGEA  79se
PLATE  1917nw
PLATETECTONICS  1816nw
RIFTVALLEY  44s
RIFTZONE  187sw
STRAOVOLCANO  195w
SUBDUCTION  1811sw
SUPERCONTINENT  77s
SUTUREZONE  2011s
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  197w