Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
COMPRESSION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CORE
CRUST
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOLDING
INNERCORE
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MESOSPHERE
NORMALFAULT
OUTERCORE
PLATETECTONICS
REVERSEFAULT
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
STRESS
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT
SUBDUCTIONZONE
TECTONICPLATES
TENSION
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY

It contains tectonic plates and boundaries. Wegeners theory on continental drift and sea-floor spreading.

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ASTHENOSPHERE  77e
COMPRESSION  1811w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  171w
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  196w
CORE  171se
CRUST  1811s
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  220n
FAULT  1616n
FOLDING  1616w
INNERCORE  116n
LITHOSPHERE  1515w
MANTLE  155e
MESOSPHERE  155w
NORMALFAULT  44s
OUTERCORE  1414w
PLATETECTONICS  1619w
REVERSEFAULT  99e
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  1111nw
STRESS  319n
STRIKE-SLIPFAULT  2020w
SUBDUCTIONZONE  173w
TECTONICPLATES  12e
TENSION  209s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  418e