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Wilson Cycle  Cycle de Wilson
A general plate tectonic cycle that comprises all the steps from the initial rifting and ocean opening associated with the breakup of a supercontinent, to the ocean closure and continent-continent collision associated with the formation of the next supercontinent (adapted from: Grotzinger et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle
  Geological history and geology of Ottawa/Gatineau area

Related words:
  Plate Tectonics (Theory)