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Definition of Tectonic

Tectonic
Tectonic Tec*ton"ic, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, a carpenter, builder.] Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.

Meaning of Tectonic from wikipedia

- Tectonics (from Latin tectonicus; from Ancient Gr**** τεκτονικός (t****nikós) 'pertaining to building') are the processes that result in the structure...
- Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Gr**** τεκτονικός (t****nikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere...
- This is a list of tectonic plates on Earth's surface. Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere...
- Earthquakes can trigger landslides. Earthquakes' occurrence is influenced by tectonic movements along faults, including normal, reverse (thrust), and strike-slip...
- This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Gr**** τεκτονικός (t****nikós) 'pertaining...
- Salt tectonics, or halokinesis, or halotectonics, is concerned with the geometries and processes ****ociated with the presence of significant thicknesses...
- Tectonic Burial is the deformation of rocks caused by extreme pressure over millions of years. It often causes temperature evolutions and deep burials...
- Tectonic subsidence is the sinking of the Earth's crust on a large scale, relative to crustal-scale features or the geoid. The movement of crustal plates...
- plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km2 (40 million sq mi), it is the largest tectonic plate. The plate...
- A tectonic phase or deformation phase is in structural geology and petrology a phase in which tectonic movement or metamorphism took place. Tectonic phases...