The __________is the global tectonic cycle that rifts supercontinents, developes extensive passive margins, opens ocean basins, closes ocean basins, creates new island arc or Andean crustal orogens, and finally builds new collisional mountain belts as the ocean completely closes to make a new supercontinent.

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The Wilson Cycle describes the process of the opening and closing of ocean basins, associated with the movement of tectonic plates, leading to the formation and breakup of supercontinents.

The __________Is the Global Tectonic Cycle That Rifts Supercontinents, Developes