Related Words for lithosphere

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subduction
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Noun
tectonics
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Noun
crustal
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Noun
orogen
xxx
Noun
orogenic
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Noun
volcanism
xxxx
Noun
rifting
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Noun
extensional
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Adjective
compressional
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Noun
terrane
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Noun
regolith
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Noun
volcanics
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Noun
magmas
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Noun
seismicity
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Noun
magnetosphere
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Noun
foreland
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Noun
deformation
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Noun
seafloor
//
Noun
ultramafic
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Noun
felsic
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Noun
ductile
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Adjective
sedimentary
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Noun
basalts
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Noun
lithology
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Noun
ophiolite
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Noun
sediments
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Noun
lavas
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Noun
mafic
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Noun
mantle
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Noun
troposphere
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Noun
alluvium
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Noun
collisional
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Noun
oceans
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Noun
ionosphere
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Noun
earth
/
Noun
lithic
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Noun
rock
/
Noun
sima
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Name
igneous rock
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Phrase, Noun
spine
/
Noun
shale
/
Noun
shield
/
Noun
differentiate
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Verb
foliation
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Noun
lamina
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Noun
rhyolite
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Noun
slate
/
Noun
lamination
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Noun
sedimentary rock
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Phrase, Noun
matrix
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Noun
oceanic
xx/x
Adjective
flexure
//
Noun
delamination
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Noun
thinning
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Noun, Verb
thickens
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Verb
biosphere
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Noun
archean
xxx
Adjective
cools
/
Verb
underlain
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Verb
continental
xx/x
Adjective
archaean
xxx
Adjective
bending
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Noun
overlies
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Verb
subsidence
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Noun
sinks
/
Verb
slabs
/
Noun
buoyancy
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Noun
thickness
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Noun
floats
/
Noun
melting
/x
Noun
descending
x/x
Verb
rigidity
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Noun
behaves
x/
Verb
buoyant
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Adjective
thicker
/x
Adjective
shear
/
Noun
atmosphere
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Noun
anisotropy
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Noun
plume
/
Noun
arcs
/
Noun
stretching
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Verb
basement
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Noun
biaxial
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Adjective
continent
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Noun, Adjective
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
droplet
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Noun
faunas
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Noun
floras
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Noun
froth
/
Noun, Verb
interfacial
xx/x
Adjective
intermetallic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
interphase
xxx
Noun, Adjective
landmass
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Noun
membrane
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Noun
monsoon
x/
Noun
nucleus
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Noun
plate
/
Noun, Verb
polycarbonate
xx/xx
Noun
rigid
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Adjective, Noun
seabed
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Noun
seaboard
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Noun
stratum
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Noun
substrate
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
surface
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Noun, Verb
tropics
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Noun
weld
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
dialect
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Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
headlines
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Noun
bundle
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Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb