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Plate tectonics (from
Latin tectonicus, from
Ancient Gr**** τεκτονικός (t****nikós) 'pertaining to building') is the
scientific theory that the Earth's...
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Tectonics (from
Latin tectonicus; from
Ancient Gr**** τεκτονικός (t****nikós) 'pertaining to building') are the
processes that
result in the structure...
- In
modern architectural theory, the
tectonics is an
artistic way to
express the
corporeality of a
building through architectural forms that
reflect the...
- A
tectonic weapon is a
hypothetical device or
system which could trigger earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, or
other seismic events in
specified locations...
- 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...
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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...
- have been
separated from the sea by the
tectonic uplift of the sea
floor above the
ocean level. Often, the
tectonic action of
crustal extension has created...
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Earthquakes can
trigger landslides. Earthquakes'
occurrence is
influenced by
tectonic movements along faults,
including normal,
reverse (thrust), and strike-slip...
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Thrust tectonics or
contractional tectonics is
concerned with the
structures formed by, and the
tectonic processes ****ociated with, the
shortening and...
- Salt
tectonics, or halokinesis, or halotectonics, is
concerned with the
geometries and
processes ****ociated with the
presence of
significant thicknesses...
