plate tectonics crossword

The process by sediment grains are bound together to form sedimentary rock.
A type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body; associated with a convergent plate boundary and mountain building.
A boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide.
The boundary between two tectonic plates moving away from each other.
Formed from rising magma that pushed the overlying rock layers upward to form a dome shape, without the magma breaking through the surface
A rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of LAVA at the Earth's surface
A break in a body of rock along which one block slides past another
Formed mainly by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust
The metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
Type of rock formed from liquid, molten material; from the Latin "on fire".
A condition when the forces of gravity and buoyancy are balanced between the crust and the mantle
A rock formed from the cooling and solidification of MAGMA beneath the Earth's surface
Molten rock that flows from a volcano or from a crack in the Earth
Molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed
Rocks formed when igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks undergo a physical and/or chemical change due to extreme heat and pressure
A feature associated with a transform fault that may occur in the portion of a fracture zone
Formed on a divergent plate boundary, a spreading apart of the surface, which is further deepened by the forces of erosion
The series in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed and forms again by geologic processes.
Occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
Rocks formed when sediment is deposited and becomes tightly compacted
A stress that distorts a body by pushing and twisting parts of the body in opposite directions.
The amount of force exerted on each unit of area
A region where one plates moves beneath another plate; associated with oceanic crust sliding under continental crust
A stress that stretches and pulls a body apart.
The boundary between plates sliding past each other horizontally.