Terms in alphabetical order – Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics

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Earth layers, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and volcanoes

asthenospherebasaltcinder cone
composite volcanocompressional wave (P-wave)contact metamorphism
continental crustcontinental driftconvection
convective circulationconvergent plate boundarycrust
densitydepositiondepositional basin
divergent plate boundarydome mountainsdown-warping
dynamic geologic systemearthquake intensityearthquakes
epicentererosionfault
fault block mountain rangefocal depthfocus
folded mountain rangegeologic hazardgranite
hot spotigneous rockinner core
island arclandformslava
layerslithospheremagma
magnetic patternsmantleMercalli scale
mid-ocean ridgemid-ocean riftMohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho)
oceanic crustouter coreplate boundaries
plate dynamicsrefractionregional metamorphism
Richter scaleRing of Firerock cycle
seismicseismic wavesseismograph
seismometershadow zoneshear wave (S-wave)
shield volcanospreading centersubduction
tectonic platestransform plate boundarytrench
tsunamiunconformityvelocity
volcanic mountain rangevolcanoesweathering