Lithosphere Crossword

wear away or change the appearance or texture of something by long exposure to the air.
the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
the process of being split into thin sheets
a base or bottom layer of an object
matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass
a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk
the geomorphologic break that demarcates the border between an upland region of relatively hard crystalline basement rock and a coastal plain of softer sedimentary rock
the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
two objects coming closer together, or pushing towards each other
two objects that tend to develop in different directions or push away from each other
a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal
hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake