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Topic |
Wikipedia views |
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| 1 |
Volcano |
15,289 |
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| 2 |
Plate tectonics |
10,689 |
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| 3 |
Pangaea |
6,017 |
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| 4 |
Pacific Ring of Fire |
3,796 |
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| 5 |
Lithosphere |
2,931 |
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| 6 |
Continental drift |
2,428 |
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| 7 |
Crust (geology) |
2,037 |
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| 8 |
Subduction |
1,865 |
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| 9 |
Alfred Wegener |
1,771 |
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| 10 |
Convergent boundary |
1,718 |
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| 11 |
Mid-ocean ridge |
1,715 |
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| 12 |
Types of volcanic eruptions |
1,416 |
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| 13 |
Divergent boundary |
1,314 |
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| 14 |
Asthenosphere |
1,175 |
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| 15 |
Oceanic trench |
1,092 |
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| 16 |
Hotspot (geology) |
1,084 |
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| 17 |
Transform fault |
1,067 |
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| 18 |
Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
1,003 |
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| 19 |
Seafloor spreading |
924 |
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| 20 |
Oceanic crust |
860 |
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| 21 |
Orogeny |
840 |
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| 22 |
Continental crust |
839 |
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| 23 |
Rodinia |
798 |
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| 24 |
New Madrid Seismic Zone |
780 |
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| 25 |
Rift |
770 |
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| 26 |
Timeline of the development of tectonophysics |
587 |
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| 27 |
Tethys Ocean |
492 |
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| 28 |
Deccan Traps |
464 |
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| 29 |
Peridotite |
441 |
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| 30 |
Pannotia |
438 |
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| 31 |
Island arc |
434 |
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| 32 |
Supercontinent cycle |
417 |
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| 33 |
Volcanic arc |
415 |
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| 34 |
Mantle plume |
413 |
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| 35 |
Panthalassa |
411 |
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| 36 |
Mohorovičić discontinuity |
406 |
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| 37 |
Subcontinent |
378 |
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| 38 |
East African Rift |
367 |
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| 39 |
Thrust fault |
346 |
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| 40 |
Vaalbara |
333 |
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| 41 |
Guyot |
331 |
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| 42 |
Lost lands |
307 |
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| 43 |
Passive margin |
306 |
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| 44 |
Geology of the Himalaya |
253 |
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| 45 |
Labrador Sea |
243 |
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| 46 |
Ophiolite |
240 |
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| 47 |
Megathrust earthquake |
231 |
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| 48 |
Alpine Fault |
227 |
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| 49 |
Shield (geology) |
224 |
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| 50 |
Continental collision |
220 |
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| 51 |
Cascadia subduction zone |
217 |
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| 52 |
East Pacific Rise |
217 |
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| 53 |
Baltica |
209 |
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| 54 |
Mountain formation |
205 |
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| 55 |
Mantle convection |
203 |
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| 56 |
Back-arc basin |
194 |
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| 57 |
Wadati-Benioff zone |
191 |
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| 58 |
Elastic-rebound theory |
179 |
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| 59 |
Triple junction |
177 |
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| 60 |
Cayman Trough |
160 |
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| 61 |
Nappe |
148 |
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| 62 |
Superocean |
139 |
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| 63 |
Tectonic uplift |
134 |
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| 64 |
List of tectonic plate interactions |
128 |
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| 65 |
Geosyncline |
120 |
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| 66 |
Dunite |
114 |
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| 67 |
Midcontinent Rift System |
114 |
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| 68 |
Continental fragment |
114 |
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| 69 |
North Anatolian Fault |
113 |
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| 70 |
Accretion (geology) |
113 |
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| 71 |
Oceanic plateau |
111 |
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| 72 |
Volcanic belt |
107 |
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| 73 |
Greenstone belt |
105 |
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| 74 |
Index of plate tectonics articles |
104 |
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| 75 |
Alpide belt |
102 |
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| 76 |
Submarine earthquake |
100 |
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| 77 |
Copperbelt Province |
99 |
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| 78 |
Red Sea Rift |
95 |
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| 79 |
Accretionary wedge |
94 |
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| 80 |
Marine regression |
92 |
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| 81 |
Platform (geology) |
89 |
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| 82 |
Aleutian Trench |
77 |
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| 83 |
Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis |
77 |
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| 84 |
Dead Sea Transform |
75 |
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| 85 |
Deep focus earthquake |
72 |
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| 86 |
Basement (geology) |
70 |
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| 87 |
Great Glen Fault |
69 |
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| 88 |
Baikal Rift Zone |
68 |
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| 89 |
Chersky Range |
66 |
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| 90 |
Submerged continent |
65 |
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| 91 |
Salton Sink |
62 |
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| 92 |
Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc |
61 |
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| 93 |
Outer trench swell |
60 |
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| 94 |
Plate reconstruction |
59 |
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| 95 |
Obduction |
58 |
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| 96 |
Forearc |
57 |
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| 97 |
Benham Plateau |
56 |
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| 98 |
Plume tectonics |
51 |
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| 99 |
Submarine landslide |
51 |
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| 100 |
Slab window |
50 |
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| 101 |
Kick-'em-Jenny |
49 |
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| 102 |
Nankai Trough |
48 |
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| 103 |
Arabian-Nubian Shield |
46 |
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| 104 |
Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben |
46 |
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| 105 |
Afar Triple Junction |
42 |
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| 106 |
Romanche Trench |
40 |
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| 107 |
Narryer Gneiss Terrane |
40 |
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| 108 |
Sunda Arc |
39 |
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| 109 |
Mirovia |
39 |
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| 110 |
Conrad discontinuity |
38 |
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| 111 |
Charles Darwin Research Station |
37 |
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| 112 |
Slab pull |
37 |
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| 113 |
Middle America Trench |
36 |
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| 114 |
Macquarie Fault Zone |
36 |
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| 115 |
Apparent polar wander |
35 |
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| 116 |
Decollement |
34 |
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| 117 |
Juan de Fuca Ridge |
34 |
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| 118 |
Hope Fault |
33 |
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| 119 |
Dabbahu Volcano |
33 |
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| 120 |
Moine Thrust Belt |
32 |
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| 121 |
Saint Lawrence rift system |
32 |
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| 122 |
Central Atlantic Magmatic Province |
31 |
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| 123 |
Northeastern Japan arc |
31 |
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| 124 |
Okinawa Trough |
31 |
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| 125 |
Chaman Fault |
31 |
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| 126 |
Ninety East Ridge |
30 |
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| 127 |
Ulakhan Fault |
30 |
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| 128 |
Explorer Ridge |
29 |
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| 129 |
Mackenzie Large Igneous Province |
29 |
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| 130 |
Atlantis Massif |
28 |
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| 131 |
Andesite line |
28 |
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| 132 |
Robert S. Dietz |
28 |
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| 133 |
Paleomap |
27 |
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| 134 |
Azores-Gibraltar Transform Fault |
27 |
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| 135 |
Boso Triple Junction |
27 |
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| 136 |
Bouvet Triple Junction |
26 |
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| 137 |
Vertical displacement |
25 |
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| 138 |
Gorda Ridge |
25 |
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| 139 |
Mediterranean Ridge |
25 |
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| 140 |
Frank Bursley Taylor |
25 |
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| 141 |
Mendocino Triple Junction |
24 |
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| 142 |
West African craton |
24 |
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| 143 |
Great Lakes tectonic zone |
24 |
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| 144 |
Interplate earthquake |
23 |
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| 145 |
Delamination (geology) |
23 |
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| 146 |
Karliova Triple Junction |
23 |
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| 147 |
Suruga Trough |
23 |
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| 148 |
Rodrigues Triple Point |
21 |
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| 149 |
Gonâve Microplate |
20 |
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| 150 |
Underplating |
19 |
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| 151 |
Saguenay Graben |
19 |
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| 152 |
Non-volcanic passive margins |
19 |
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| 153 |
Oceanic core complex |
18 |
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| 154 |
Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone |
18 |
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| 155 |
Sagami Trough |
18 |
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| 156 |
Volcanic passive margin |
18 |
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| 157 |
Ocean island basalt |
18 |
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| 158 |
Lizard complex |
17 |
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| 159 |
Roberto Mantovani |
17 |
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| 160 |
Meguma terrane |
16 |
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| 161 |
Azores Triple Junction |
15 |
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| 162 |
Polflucht |
15 |
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| 163 |
Tetrahedral hypothesis |
14 |
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| 164 |
Lawrence Morley |
13 |
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| 165 |
Plate Boundary Observatory |
13 |
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| 166 |
Forebulge |
13 |
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| 167 |
Nootka Fault |
13 |
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| 168 |
Aspy Fault |
12 |
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| 169 |
Chile Triple Junction |
12 |
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| 170 |
Platform cover |
11 |
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| 171 |
Macquarie Triple Junction |
10 |
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| 172 |
Laptev Sea Rift |
10 |
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| 173 |
Thin-skinned deformation |
10 |
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| 174 |
Paul Tapponnier |
9 |
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| 175 |
Owen Fracture Zone |
9 |
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| 176 |
Mount Alayta |
9 |
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| 177 |
Galapagos Triple Junction |
8 |
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| 178 |
Mesoplates |
7 |
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| 179 |
Terceira Rift |
7 |
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| 180 |
Banda Sea Triple Junction |
7 |
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| 181 |
Rivera Transform Fault |
7 |
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| 182 |
West Scotia Basin |
6 |
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| 183 |
Limpopo Belt |
6 |
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| 184 |
Queen Charlotte Triple Junction |
6 |
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| 185 |
Sorong Fault |
6 |
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| 186 |
Malvern Line |
6 |
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| 187 |
Slab gap hypothesis |
less than 5 views |
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| 188 |
Plating (geology) |
less than 5 views |
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| 189 |
Rivera Triple Junction |
less than 5 views |
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| 190 |
Lesser Antilles subduction zone |
less than 5 views |
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| 191 |
Tectonic plate interactions |
less than 5 views |
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| 192 |
Palmason Model |
less than 5 views |
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| 193 |
Indus-Yarlung suture zone |
less than 5 views |
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| 194 |
Shields and cratons |
less than 5 views |
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| 195 |
Tehuantepec Ridge |
less than 5 views |
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| 196 |
Tongareva triple junction |
less than 5 views |
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| 197 |
Timor Trough |
less than 5 views |
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| 198 |
East Tasman Plateau |
less than 5 views |
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| 199 |
Submarine topographical features |
less than 5 views |
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