Outline of plate tectonics

What is plate tectonics?

General concepts

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• Tectonic plate interactions

• Back arc basins

Continents

• Paleocontinents

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  Earthquakes

• Oceans

Ancient oceans

• Superoceans

• Orogenies

• Rifts

• Active rifts

• Continental rifts

• Oceanic ridges

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• * Kolbeinsey Ridge
• * Mohns Ridge
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  Aulacogens

• Subduction zones

• Suture zones

• Tectonic plates

• Terranes

• Triple junctions

• Other plate tectonics topics

• Specific areas