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

• Andean orogenyNarrower topic: The orogen is a continental-scale result of converging lithospheric plates.

• AvaloniaNarrower topic: Its motions account for Avalonia’s separation, drift, and eventual collisions.

• Barberton Greenstone BeltCompared with: Whether modern-style plate tectonics operated in the Archean remains debated.

• Ocean drillingNarrower topic: Ocean-floor age patterns from drilling became key evidence for the theory.

• Paradigm shiftRelated: Its adoption unified previously separate geological observations into a new explanatory framework.

• Passive marginNarrower topic: A margin is passive precisely because it is not a plate boundary.

• Prince Edward IslandsRelated: The islands’ volcanic setting reflects processes at the boundary between major oceanic plates.

• ProterozoicRelated: Continental rearrangements influenced Proterozoic climate, ocean circulation, and nutrient supply.

• Satellite geodesyRelated: Long GNSS time series measure plate velocities and test models of tectonic motion.

• Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesisRelated: The hypothesis made seafloor spreading measurable, giving plate tectonics its quantitative foundation.

• Wadati–Benioff zoneRelated: Provided the explanation, decades later: the dipping zones are sinking slabs.

• Deep Sea Drilling ProjectNarrower topic: The project’s age results provided evidence for a central mechanism within this theory.

• Earth's crustNarrower topic: Its plate motions explain how crust forms, deforms, and moves across the planet.

• History of geologyBroader topic: Its acceptance unified evidence once treated as separate geological puzzles.

• Nature (natural world)Related: It accounts for the slow formation and reshaping of continents and ocean basins.

• Alleghanian orogenyNarrower topic: Plate convergence explains the continental collision that drove this event.

• Anatolian PlateNarrower topic: The Anatolian Plate’s motion is one expression of global lithospheric movement.

• Azores Triple JunctionNarrower topic: The junction’s existence and motion follow from interactions among three lithospheric plates.

• Earth scienceRelated: Plate motion links earthquakes, mountain building, and ocean-basin change.

• Intrusive rockRelated: Intrusive rocks record magma generation in settings such as subduction zones and continental collisions.

• J. Tuzo WilsonNarrower topic: Wilson’s hotspot proposal became part of the broader plate-tectonic framework.

• Macquarie IslandNarrower topic: Relative plate motion explains the ridge, earthquakes, and unusual exposed rocks.

• Mantle viscosityRelated: Mantle viscosity influences how forces from mantle flow and subduction are transmitted to plates.

• Marine geologyNarrower topic: It provides the framework for interpreting ocean-basin formation and motion.

• Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone BeltRelated: Claims of very ancient rocks raise questions about when recognizable tectonic processes began.

• PannotiaNarrower topic: Continental drift and collision underlie every reconstruction of Pannotia.

• Economic geologyNarrower topic: Plate boundaries drive many processes that form and modify mineral deposits.

• Fennoscandian ShieldNarrower topic: Ancient plate collisions and accretion built much of the shield’s crust.

• Harold JeffreysBroader topic: This later theory supplied a coherent account of motion that was unavailable to Jeffreys.

• LaurussiaNarrower topic: The motion of plates brought Laurentia and Baltica into collision.

• Mountain rangeNarrower topic: Converging and colliding plates build many of the world's major ranges.

• Rheic OceanNarrower topic: Plate motion accounts for the ocean's opening, migration of terranes, and eventual closure.

• Ring of FireNarrower topic: Before 1967 the ring was a pattern without a cause; plate tectonics explained why the rim burns.

• Somali PlateNarrower topic: Plate-tectonic models explain the Somali Plate's motion and separation from Nubia.

• Southeast Indian RidgeNarrower topic: The ridge is a divergent boundary within the global plate-tectonic system.

• ArchipelagoRelated: Plate motion creates many volcanic and uplifted island chains.

• Columbia (supercontinent)Narrower topic: It supplies the framework for interpreting Columbia's collisions, sutures, and dispersal.

• FlyschRelated: Plate tectonics explains flysch basins through convergence, crustal loading, and sediment routing.

• Japanese island arcNarrower topic: Japan’s arc depends on how plate boundaries and motions are defined across the western Pacific.

• New Zealand biogeographyRelated: Plate movements formed New Zealand’s landforms and altered connections with neighboring regions.

• NothofagaceaeNarrower topic: Continental movement provides the geological framework for interpreting southern beech distributions.

• KenorlandNarrower topic: It provides the broad tectonic framework for interpreting Kenorland’s assembly and dispersal.

• MesosaurusNarrower topic: Modern plate tectonics explains the continental separation that Mesosaurus distribution helped document.

• PaleoarcheanRelated: Whether modern-style plate motion operated during the Paleoarchean remains central to reconstructing its crust.

• PeninsulaRelated: Plate motion can uplift or deform land that forms a peninsula.

• Biogeographic realmRelated: Continental movement altered connections and separations among the ancestors of realm biotas.

• ContinentsNarrower topic: It explains the long-term motion and reassembly of continental landmasses.

• Internal structure of EarthRelated: Mantle heat and deformation sustain the motion of the lithospheric plates.

• John Tuzo WilsonNarrower topic: Wilson helped establish this framework by showing how faults and volcanic chains record plate motion.

• NothofagusRelated: Continental movement provides one framework for interpreting southern plant distributions.