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Plate mechanism that involves magma upwelling to push two plates apart.

Plate mechanism where a denser plate is subducted due to gravity and the rocks being very dense.

Plate mechanism where the cold dense oceanic crust is denser than the mantle so it is pulled down.

The way the lithosphere behaves responding to deformation at a shallow depth.

The way the lithosphere behaves responding to deformation at an increasing depth.

Tectonic event that occurs at every plate boundary due to a build up of stress.