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The 195 pages that link to Plate tectonics, each with the reason it gives.

• SubductionNarrower topic: Subduction zones are the consuming boundaries that complete the plate-tectonic cycle.

• Radiometric datingRelated: Radiometric ages constrain the timing of crust formation, magmatism, and tectonic activity.

• Atlantic OceanNarrower topic: The movement of plates beneath the Atlantic determines its changing boundaries and ridge.

• GondwanaNarrower topic: Plate tectonics explains how Gondwana assembled and later broke apart.

• BiogeographyRelated: The acceptance of drifting continents transformed biogeography from descriptive to historical.

• CretaceousRelated: Plate motion broke apart continents and opened oceans during the Cretaceous.

• Seafloor spreadingNarrower topic: Spreading is the engine that made the full theory of plate tectonics cohere by 1968.

• Tibetan PlateauNarrower topic: Plate motion explains the collision that raised the Tibetan region.

• East African RiftNarrower topic: The parent theory that classifies the rift as a divergent boundary.

• LithosphereRelated: Lithospheric plates move and interact through the processes described by this theory.

• EndemismRelated: Plate movement can split ranges, join landmasses, and create isolated habitats over geological time.

• Mid-ocean ridgeNarrower topic: Identifying ridges as divergent boundaries gave plate tectonics the geometry it needed to close.

• Pacific PlateNarrower topic: The Pacific Plate is one of the largest moving pieces in this global system.

• Subduction zoneNarrower topic: Subduction is one of the central processes by which tectonic plates interact.

• Appalachian MountainsNarrower topic: Plate convergence explains the collisions that raised the Appalachians.

• Mantle convectionRelated: The surface expression that convection was invoked to explain.

• Continental driftCompared with: The successor that kept drift's continental motion but replaced its picture of plates versus ocean floors.

• Volcanic islandNarrower topic: Plate motion determines where many island-building volcanoes form and how their chains develop.

• MesozoicNarrower topic: It explains the Mesozoic breakup of Pangaea and the opening of ocean basins.

• Eurasian PlateNarrower topic: It explains the motions and boundary interactions involving the Eurasian Plate.

• VolcanismNarrower topic: Plate boundaries organize many of Earth's volcanic settings.

• PaleozoicNarrower topic: Plate movement explains the era’s changing continents and eventual assembly of Pangaea.

• Continental collisionNarrower topic: Continental collision is a consequence of plate convergence.

• Late CretaceousNarrower topic: Continental rearrangement changed coastlines, ocean circulation, and migration routes.

• Tethys OceanNarrower topic: Plate motions account for Tethys's opening, migration, and eventual disappearance.

• CenozoicNarrower topic: Plate motion provides the physical framework for Cenozoic continental change.

• OrogenyNarrower topic: Plate motions supply the forces behind most major mountain-building episodes.

• PaleobiogeographyRelated: Plate motion changes the positions and connections of habitats through geological time.

• EarthRelated: Plate motion builds continents, recycles crust, and drives earthquakes and volcanism.

• ArcheanRelated: When and how modern-style plate tectonics operated during the Archean remain debated.

• North American PlateNarrower topic: The plate’s boundaries and motion are explained by this global framework.

• PaleogeographyNarrower topic: Its motions explain how continents and ocean basins change position through geological time.

• Arabian PlateNarrower topic: The Arabian Plate is one moving unit within this global system.

• UniformitarianismRelated: Present plate motions help reconstruct ancient continents and ocean basins.

• JurassicNarrower topic: Plate motion drove the continental rifting that defined Jurassic geography.

• Transform faultNarrower topic: Transforms supplied the missing third boundary type that completed the theory.

• Hotspot volcanismNarrower topic: Hotspot tracks became a way to measure plate motion away from plate boundaries.

• Continental riftingNarrower topic: Continental rifting is one way plate boundaries develop and reorganize.

• African PlateNarrower topic: It provides the framework for explaining the African Plate’s boundaries and motion.

• Mariana TrenchNarrower topic: The framework explaining why the trench exists where it does and how deep it can grow.

• Wilson cycleNarrower topic: The cycle is the large-scale temporal pattern that plate tectonics explains.

• Earth's mantleRelated: Mantle flow and sinking lithosphere help drive and accommodate plate motion.

• Philippine Sea PlateNarrower topic: It provides the framework for describing the Philippine Sea Plate and its boundaries.

• GeographyRelated: Plate motion creates landforms and hazards that structure physical environments.

• Indian subcontinentNarrower topic: It explains the landmass’s movement and collision with Eurasia.

• Megathrust earthquakeNarrower topic: Converging plates supply the long-term motion that loads megathrust faults.

• OphioliteRelated: It supplied a tectonic framework for oceanic rocks found within mountain belts.

• Wallace LineNarrower topic: It explains the deep channels and continental histories underlying the faunal divide.

• Pacific IslandsNarrower topic: Plate motion explains the volcanic, seismic, and tectonic settings of many islands.

• SeamountRelated: Plate motion transports seamounts away from volcanic sources and can later subduct them.