tectonic plate
crustal plate

We are about to experience economic, social and political tectonic plates on the move.

However, they're part of the same tectonic plate and will not separate.

The study of these tectonic plates, though, is a relatively recent development.

A gulf had opened and she found herself on the wrong tectonic plate.

They may be on, near to, or far from tectonic plate boundaries.

Social media is the latest tectonic plate to move and change the landscape.

What are the odds they believe in tectonic plates moving?

That may still be true for the moment, but the tectonic plates are shifting.

The pan developed through tectonic plate activity over about ten million years.

This continued as the American tectonic plates gradually moved west.

It was seldom clear what any of this had to do with tectonic plates and such.

Why does the Moon, which has no tectonic plates, shake?

Instead, pressure builds as the tectonic plates stick against each other.

At 103 million square kilometres, it is the largest tectonic plate.

The bend shows how a tectonic plate can shift direction suddenly.

They seem to be located where the tectonic plates meet or overlap.

The island lies on the world's smallest List of tectonic plates.

It is the driving force that causes tectonic plates to move around the Earth's surface.

Through tectonic plate motion the western half of the volcano moved north at about 1.5cm per year.

It takes place when two tectonic plates come together.

But they might be moved together, like a tectonic plate, if there was a sufficient shove.

In terms of race and social class you could feel the tectonic plates shifting under people."

The trench forms part of the boundary between two tectonic plates.

Evidence for the movement of continents on tectonic plates is now extensive.

Accretion - a process by which material is added to a tectonic plate.