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Plate Tectonics
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Acknowledgements
The Geological Society
Plate Tectonics
Pioneers of plate tectonics
What is a plate?
Plate margins
Plate tectonics of the UK
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VOLCANO
DISTRIBUTION
EARTHQUAKE
DISTRIBUTION
TECTONIC
PLATES
PLATE BOUNDARY TYPES
Divergent (constructive or pulling apart)
Convergent (destructive or collision)
Conservative (sideways or transform)
Direction of plate movement
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