Definitions for "Tectonic"
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Asthenosphere, Isostasy, Plate tectonics, Tectonics, Plate, Lithosphere, Tectonic plate, Geosphere, Tectonic plates, Mantle plume, Uplift, Plates, Earthquake, Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho , Continental crust, Isostatic rebound, Subduction, Oceanic crust, Crust, Hotspot, Benioff zone, Orogeny, Rifting, Nappe, Isostacy, Rift, Thrust , Mantle, Seismic, Deformation, Seismology, Geophysicist, Microseism, Seismologist, Fault, Subduction zone, Epicenter, Seismic moment, Faulting, Thrust fault, Geophysics, Geomorphic, Massif, Suture, Convergent plate boundary, Plate boundary, Continental drift, Seafloor spreading
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Of, pert. to, or designating, the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; as, tectonic arches or valleys; tectonic plates.
Deformation with the earth's crust.
Pertaining to changes in the structure of the Earth's crust, the forces responsible for such deformation, or the external forms produced.
see plate
Relating to the deformation of the crust of a moon or planet, the forces involved in or producing such deformation, and the resulting forms.
Rock structures produced by movements in the earthÃs crust.
Relating to the process which tends to build up the various features of the earth's crust.
Refers to deformation of the earth's crust or to the forces that cause it; controlled by a process such as orogeny.
Pertaining to large scale movements of the earth's crusts, such as Folding and faulting.
Refers to earthquakes generated by faulting rather than by volcanic activity.
Structural, related to movements of the Earth's crust.
Pertaining to the global forces that cause folding and faulting of the Earth's crust. Also used to classify or describe features or structures formed by the action of those forces.
A term pertaining to deformation of a planet's crust, especially the rock structure and surface forms that result.
Pertaining to the forces involved in, or the resulting structures of, ectonics
pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys"
of or pertaining to construction or architecture
Relating to the forces and the movements of Earth and its lithosphere. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building are related to tectonic activity.
refers to any geological process that involves movement or deformation of the earth's crust.
This term is used to describe the deformation and movements of the earth's surface, to a large extent as a consequence of the movements of tectonic plates.Volcano-tectonic earthquakes or VT's are generated by rock breaking as magma pushing its way to the surface.
Pertaining to the forces involved in the broad architecture of the outer part of the Earth, that is, the regional assembling of structural or deformational features.
Pertaining to a crust-deforming process or event.
deformation within the Earth's crust, and its consequent structural effects due to active plate movement.
A term designating rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of Earth's crust.
All movements of the Earth's crust caused by directed pressures, and the results of these movements.
forces or conditions within the earth that cause movements of the crust such as earthquakes, folds and faults
refers to conditions and forces within the earth which cause movement of the Earth's crust; such as earthquakes, folds, faults and the like..
The study of the processes of change and formation of the earth's crust.
large scale process that deforms the earth's crust; for example, plate tectonics, earth crust deformations caused by the movement of continental masses, a.k.a. plates
The investigation of the origin and evolution of the broad structural features of Earth, particularly associated with the motion of crustal plates (plate tectonics).
adj. Describing the forces that cause the movements and deformation of Earth's crust on a large scale, also describes the resulting structures or features from these forces.
Refers to rock-deforming processes and resulting structures that occur over large sections of the lithosphere.
deformation of a planet's surface in the form of faulting and folding of rock layers.
Refers to the large scale processes by which rocks become deformed.
Relating to or resulting from structural deformation in the earth's crust.
Pertains to forces within the earth's crust that give rise to earthquakes, folds, faults, and joints observed at or near the surface.
internal processes moulding the various features of the earth crust
The deformation forces acting on a planet's crust.
of or having to do with general changes in the structure of the earth's crust or witht he forces that affect them. [ahdos
relating to a major structural event
that segment of structural geology involved with the development and interpretation of large-scale activities (e.g., mountain building).
An adjective used to relate a particular phenomenon to a structural orogenic concept.