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This dynamic planet: World map of volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters, and plate tectonics Online world map with booklet (PDF format) giving an account of plate tectonics, volcanology, earthquake activity, and impact craters. (Score: 1.000)

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About continental lithosphere:

Definition: That part of the lithosphere that is not consistently underlain by an asthenosphere and is above sea level. [Adapted from Encyclopedia Britannica, 2001]