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Значения термина tectonic plate на английском

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тектоническая плита
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placas tectônicas
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Continuous section of the lithosphere of the Earth which is moving relative to adjacent plates.

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        Использование термина tectonic plate на английском
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        It was not land, or a tectonic plate or even the whole world splitting.
        How to live safely in a science fictional universe
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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