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Plate boundary types and fault types illustration

A cross section illustrating the main types of plate boundaries. Illustration by Jose F. Vigil from This Dynamic Planet -- a wall map produced jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.



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