Yosemite 
.... The
oceanic plate is composed mainly of basalt and has a greater average density than the continental
plate, which contains a larger number of lighter rocks ....
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Plate Tectonics
....
Plate tectonics has the theory of continental drift as one of its inherent components .... spreading, a theory that rests on the fact that new
oceanic plates are ....
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San Andreas Fault and Earthquakes
.... seen in the fact that the fault is located at "the place where the North American
plate meets up .... two
oceanic fracture zones" (Dickinson and Grantz, 1968, p. 212 ....
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The Kobe Earthquake Introduction: Earthquake Char
.... Earth's outer shell or lithosphere, is broken into a mosaic of
oceanic and continental .... of sea floor spreading in 1960 as a further definition of
plate tectonics ....
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Geology and Continental Drift
.... These offset patterns suggested that the
oceanic rocks had been displaced great distances .... drift was broadened into the more general theory of
plate tectonics. ....
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Chapter Summary of Living in the Environment
.... the planet, including core, mantle, crusts,
oceanic crusts,
oceanic ridge systems .... Processes introduces convection cells, mantle plumes,
plate tectonics, erosion ....
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Geomorphic Provinces A Delimitation of the Regi
.... a vital first step in the development of the theory of
plate tectonics .... of a plutonic-metamorphic basement in its eastern half and an
oceanic Franciscan basement ....
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Bedrock and Landscapes Different landscapes are associate
.... with sediment which is then acted upon by
plate tectonics at .... of pebble conglomerate, sandstone, bluechrist, chert, limestone, and diverse
oceanic igneous rocks ....
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