Related Words for tectonics

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plate tectonics
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Phrase, Noun
subduction
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Noun
volcanism
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Noun
orogenic
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Noun
lithosphere
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Noun, Adjective
rifting
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Noun
crustal
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Noun, Adjective
geology
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Noun
faulting
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Noun
geomorphology
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Noun
geologic
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Adjective
plates
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Noun
geological
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Name
seismicity
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Noun
seismic
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Adjective
basins
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Noun
volcanics
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Noun
stratigraphy
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Noun
terranes
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Noun
extensional
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Adjective
geophysics
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Noun
compressional
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Noun, Adjective
topography
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Noun
geochemistry
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Noun
seismological
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Name
landforms
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Noun
metamorphism
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Noun
magmas
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Noun
earthquakes
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Noun
morphology
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Noun
geodesy
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Noun
geography
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Noun
earth science
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Phrase, Noun
topology
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Noun
geopolitics
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Noun
physical geography
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Phrase, Noun
oceanography
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Noun
biostratigraphy
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Noun
nappe
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Verb
thrust
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Adjective
neogene
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Adjective
proterozoic
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Adjective
cenozoic
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Adjective
archean
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Adjective
archaean
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Adjective
precambrian
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Adjective
sedimentation
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Noun
cordillera
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Noun
sedimentology
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Noun
caledonian
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Adjective
appalachians
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Name
phanerozoic
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Adjective
collisional
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Adjective
mesozoic
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Adjective
biogeography
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Noun
lithology
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Noun
massif
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Noun
shan
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Name
reversals
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Noun
drift
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Noun
paleozoic
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Adjective
eurasia
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Name
alpine
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Adjective
sykes
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Name
denudation
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Noun
belts
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Noun
himalayan
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Adjective
gliding
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Verb
propagating
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Verb
rheology
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Noun
convergent
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Adjective
spreading
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Verb
himalayas
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Name
kinematics
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Noun
sedimentary
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Adjective
andes
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Name
cretaceous
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Adjective
andean
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Adjective
boulders
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Adjective
cladistic
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Adjective
cybernetic
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Adjective
darwinian
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Adjective, Noun
dualistic
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Adjective
evolutionist
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Noun
folding
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Adjective, Noun
fracturing
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Noun
freudian
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Adjective, Name
glaciation
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Noun
kantian
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Name, Adjective
keynesian
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Adjective, Noun
marxian
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Adjective, Name
mechanistic
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Adjective
neoclassical
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Adjective, Noun
newtonian
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Adjective, Noun
rocks
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Noun
daylight
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
cluster
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Noun, Verb
dialect
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Noun
standard
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Adjective, Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
collocation
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Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bundle
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Noun, Verb