So, in recent years, some geologists have used plate tectonic theory to make what they call geopredictions.

因此，近年来，一些地质学家会利用板块构造理论来进行他们所谓的地质预测。

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Physical modeling of lithospheric plate deformation is a powerful tool in the reconstruction of plate tectonic evolution.

岩石圈板块变形物理模拟是对板块构造演化的近似再现，代表了板块构造研究的一种主要方向。

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The plate tectonic theory reveals the seafloor spreading and plate lateral movement, and illustrates magmatism related to plate boundaries.

板块构造学说揭示了海底扩张和板块的水平运动现象，阐明了与板块边界相联系的岩浆活动。

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Given all the discoveries that we have made from an up-close investigation of these ocean ridges, we can't help but wonder what we might find at the far end of the same plate tectonic cycle where seafloor is drawn back into the Earth's interior at deep-ocean trenches.

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Instead of occurring at a plate boundary along an area called a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another, this earthquake occurred in the middle of an oceanic plate, where the faults in the crust essentially moved from side to side instead of up and down.

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Another piece to the puzzle: Both of these earthquakes occurred along opposite ends of the same tectonic plate, the Australian plate.

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