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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Caribbean PlateNarrower topic: The Caribbean Plate is one moving unit in this global system.

• Eustatic sea-level changeNarrower topic: Plate motion changes ocean-basin shape and capacity over geological time.

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

• Rift valleyNarrower topic: Divergent plate motion supplies the regional forces that open many rift valleys.

• RodiniaNarrower topic: Plate motions account for the continental collisions and rifting that shaped Rodinia.

• Convergent boundaryNarrower topic: Convergence is one of the three fundamental types of plate interaction.

• Indo-Australian plateNarrower topic: The Indo-Australian plate is one of the major moving plates in this system.

• Structural geologyNarrower topic: Plate motions supply many of the large-scale forces that deform rocks.

• VolcanologyNarrower topic: Plate motion explains why many volcanoes cluster at subduction zones and spreading ridges.

• LaurasiaNarrower topic: Plate motion drove the assembly and dispersal of Laurasia’s landmasses.

• 1906 San Francisco earthquakeNarrower topic: Motion between the Pacific and North American plates loads the San Andreas Fault.

• Australian PlateNarrower topic: The Australian Plate is one moving unit in this global system.

• Hotspot (geology)Narrower topic: Hotspot tracks became evidence for measuring plate motion independently of boundaries.

• South American PlateNarrower topic: It provides the framework for defining the South American Plate and its boundaries.

• Divergent boundaryNarrower topic: Divergent boundaries are one of the principal types of plate boundary.