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  Isthmus

  Editors:Katherine H. Nemeh and Jacqueline L. LongeFrom:The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (Vol. 4. 6^th ed.)

  2021389 words Topic overview 1320LAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger or wider sections of land. The isthmus of Panama, which connects South America to Central/North America, and the Sinai Peninsula, which connects Africa to...
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  Plate Tectonics

  Authors:K. Lee Lerner and Clay HarrisFrom:The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (Vol. 6. 6^th ed.)

  20213,886 words Topic overview 1430LPlate tectonics is the theory explaining geologic changes that result from the movement of Earth's rigid lithospheric plates over the ductile asthenosphere. Plates move and shift their positions relative to one another,...
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  Fault

  Author:Gillian S. HolmesFrom:The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (Vol. 3. 6^th ed.)

  20212,537 words Topic overview 1300LA fault is a geologic term describing a fracture at which two bodies of rock have been displaced relative to each other. Bedrock faults are those in which bodies of rock meet; small, local movements may occur on bedrock...
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  tectonic plates

  Editors:E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James TrefilFrom:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (3^rd ed.)

  200265 words Brief article, Defin... 760LPronunciation: (tek-ton-ik) The dozen or so plates that make up the surface of the Earth. Their motion is studied in the field of plate tectonics. The plates are not the same as the continents. The North American...
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  plate tectonics

  Editors:E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James TrefilFrom:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (3^rd ed.)

  2002127 words Brief article, Defin... 1210LPronunciation: (tek-ton-iks) In geology, a theory that explains the distribution of continents, earthquakes, volcanoes,, mountains and other geologic phenomena in terms of the formation, movement, and destruction of...