general/plate-tectonics

Geological process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone

Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate

Earthquake with a hypocenter depth exceeding 300 km

Tectonic recycling process

Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate

Loss of lithosphere from a tectonic plate

Layer of rock that forms the continents and continental shelves

Meeting point of three tectonic plates

Formation of mountains from converging tectonic plates

Types of plate boundaries

Geological process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone

Vertical shift of land in plate tectonics

Geological process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone

Earthquake that occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates

Linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

Transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin

Region between an oceanic trench and associated volcanic arc

Outermost solid shell of astronomical bodies

Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate

Layer of rock that forms the continents and continental shelves

Region of active deformation between colliding tectonic plates

Sinking of the Earth's crust on a large scale

Geological process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone

Meeting point of three tectonic plates

Formation of mountains from converging tectonic plates

Layer of rock that forms the continents and continental shelves

Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate

Geological process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone

Loss of lithosphere from a tectonic plate

Region between an oceanic trench and associated volcanic arc

Layer of rock that forms the continents and continental shelves

Meeting point of three tectonic plates

Formation of mountains from converging tectonic plates

Gradual movement of the planet's mantle

Boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle

Theory in plate tectonics

Uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate