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  182sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  15s
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  520e
CONVECTION  1619w
CONVERGENT  91e
CORE  132s
CRUST  132se
DENSITY  1014e
DIVEREGENT  74s
ISLANDARC  92se
LITHOSPHERE  513e
MANTLE  610n
MIDOCEANRIDGE  52se
OCEANIC  913n
PALEOMAGNETISM  515n
PANGEA  202s
PLATE  202w
PLATETECTONICS  192w
RIFTVALLEY  418e
RIFTZONE  184s
STRAOVOLCANO  72se
SUBDUCTION  214n
SUPERCONTINENT  715e
SUTUREZONE  1816w
THERRMAL  2015n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  410s