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| The idea that continents drift above the earths surface, changing their position relative to each other. |
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| A theory on how the magnetic poles have moved. |
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| The sliding of the sea floor beneath a continent or island arc. |
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| The portion of a fracture zone between two offset portions of a ridge crest. |
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| The magma that is created by ocean-continent convergence. |
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