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Unit 3 vocab Cali Y
Plate tectonics
Term | Definition |
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asthenosphere | |
subduction | A process in which, formed at a trench in a zone with the process called ridge-push |
seafloor spreading | The spreading and intrusion of magma result in the addition of new oceanic crust and then two halves of the oceanic crust start spreading apart. |
mantle convection | It affects the movement of tectonic plates |
ridge push | |
slab pull | |
lava | |
magma | |
tectonic plate | |
theory of continental drift | |
convergent boundary | |
divergent boundary | |
transform boundary | |
hot spot | |
epicenter | |
focus | |
pangaea | |
geohazard | |
reverse fault | |
strike-slip fault | |
normal fault | |
compression | |
tension | |
shearing | |
felsic | |
mafic |