Usage of "tectonic plate"

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

Usage of tectonic plate in inglés

It was not land, or a tectonic plate or even the whole world splitting. 
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Near major steel-concrete tectonic plate tsunami wall built boundaries. 
 Reuters 

Seismometers and strain meters continuously monitor tectonic plate movement. 
 Wired 

It feels as if a tectonic plate has shifted. 
 The Guardian 

This is the edge of a tectonic plate. 
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It is "a rare moment in economic history -a tectonic plate shift," he says. 
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It is where the Pacific tectonic plate is being pushed under, or subducted, beneath the Australian plate. 
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A major tectonic plate boundary runs through New Zealand, and is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. 
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This is where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the North Island, which lies on the Australian Plate. 
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Volcanic activity in the region is driven by the collision of the African tectonic plate with the Eurasian plate. 
 The Guardian 

Climate breakdown will behave like a tectonic plate in an earthquake zone: periods of comparative stasis followed by sudden jolts. 
 The Guardian 

The Hikurangi Plate is where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the Australian plate, otherwise known as a subduction zone. 
 Radio NZ 

They sit on the Nazca tectonic plate, which travels from west to east at the rate of about 4cm per year. 
 BBC 

Interestingly, the other islands of the Azores are so far away that they are considered part of the European tectonic plate. 
 The South African 

They are found around the world in subduction margins, where one tectonic plate is slipping under another into the earth's mantle. 
 Radio NZ 

The edge of the large Pacific tectonic plate makes up much of the western and northern margins of the Ring of Fire. 
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Meanings of tectonic plate in inglés