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Significados de tectonic plate em inglês

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

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Uso de tectonic plate em inglês
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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
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Seismometers and strain meters continuously monitor tectonic plate movement.
Wired
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It feels as if a tectonic plate has shifted.
The Guardian
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This is the edge of a tectonic plate.
Anvil Gate
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It is "a rare moment in economic history -a tectonic plate shift," he says.
Reuters
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It is where the Pacific tectonic plate is being pushed under, or subducted, beneath the Australian plate.
Radio NZ
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A major tectonic plate boundary runs through New Zealand, and is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Radio NZ
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This is where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the North Island, which lies on the Australian Plate.
Radio NZ
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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
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Climate breakdown will behave like a tectonic plate in an earthquake zone: periods of comparative stasis followed by sudden jolts.
The Guardian
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The Hikurangi Plate is where the Pacific tectonic plate dives beneath the Australian plate, otherwise known as a subduction zone.
Radio NZ
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They sit on the Nazca tectonic plate, which travels from west to east at the rate of about 4cm per year.
BBC
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Interestingly, the other islands of the Azores are so far away that they are considered part of the European tectonic plate.
The South African
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They are found around the world in subduction margins, where one tectonic plate is slipping under another into the earth's mantle.
Radio NZ
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The edge of the large Pacific tectonic plate makes up much of the western and northern margins of the Ring of Fire.
Radio NZ