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Meanings of lithospheric plate in anglès

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тектоническая плита
portuguès
placas tectônicas
espanyol
placa litosférica
català
tectònica

Continuous section of the lithosphere of the Earth which is moving relative to adjacent plates.

        tectònica
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        Examples for "tectonic plate"
        Examples for "tectonic plate"
        1
        It was not land, or a tectonic plate or even the whole world splitting.
        How to live safely in a science fictional universe
        2
        Near major steel-concrete tectonic plate tsunami wall built boundaries.
        Reuters
        3
        Seismometers and strain meters continuously monitor tectonic plate movement.
        Wired
        4
        It feels as if a tectonic plate has shifted.
        The Guardian
        5
        This is the edge of a tectonic plate.
        Anvil Gate
        1
        No one has the faintest idea how or why Yellowstone's ended up beneath a continental plate.
        A short history of nearly everything
        2
        I lay there as mountains formed and the continental plates shifted.
        Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
        3
        The underside of the continental plates we live on-belowthe discontinuity lies the upper mantle.
        The Jennifer Morgue
        4
        Water flows to the mantle through areas where oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates, called subduction zones.
        Wired
        5
        Think of it this way: the surface of the Earth is made up of a mosaic of continental plates.
        BBC
        Usage of lithospheric plate in anglès
        1
        Plate tectonics successfully describes the surface of Earth as a mosaic of moving lithospheric plates.
        Pubmed