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  517e
ASTHENOSPHERE  175s
BASALT  94w
BOUNDARY  1012sw
CONTINENTAL  1619w
CONVECTION  2010n
CONVERGENT  2010s
CORE  1619ne
CRUST  1619e
DENSITY  616e
DIVEREGENT  34se
ISLANDARC  1518w
LITHOSPHERE  168s
MANTLE  116w
MIDOCEANRIDGE  32s
OCEANIC  139s
PALEOMAGNETISM  162w
PANGEA  47s
PLATE  47se
PLATETECTONICS  58se
RIFTVALLEY  184s
RIFTZONE  213n
STRAOVOLCANO  1720w
SUBDUCTION  157s
SUPERCONTINENT  153sw
SUTUREZONE  157w
THERRMAL  193s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111sw
TRANSFORMFAULT  193w
TRENCHES  912sw