present. Thrust tectonics is associated with the shortening and thickening of the crust, or the lithosphere. This type of tectonics is found at zones...

interactive plate-tectonic reconstructions Outline of plate tectonics – Hierarchical outline list of articles related to plate tectonics List of submarine...

Lid tectonics, commonly thought of as stagnant lid tectonics or single lid tectonics, is the type of tectonics that is believed to exist on several silicate...

the use of tectonics and its opposite, atectonics, can be found at the AEG turbine factory: Peter Behrens, the architect, had applied tectonics by revealing...

Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and...

Strike-slip tectonics or wrench tectonics is a type of tectonics that is dominated by lateral (horizontal) movements within the Earth's crust (and lithosphere)...

Extensional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the stretching of a planetary body's crust...

[citation needed] Active tectonics will increase the likelihood of salt structures developing. In the case of extensional tectonics, faulting will both reduce...

Body of salt water covering most of Earth Plate tectonics – Movement of Earth's lithosphere List of tectonic plate interactions – Types of plate boundaries...

Indenter tectonics, also known as escape tectonics, is a branch of strike-slip tectonics that involves the collision and deformation of two continental...

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 articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining...

The Plate Tectonics Revolution was the scientific and cultural change which developed from the acceptance of the plate tectonics theory. The event was...

icy moons, particularly Earth-like plate tectonics are not widely agreed upon or well understood. Plate tectonics on Earth is hypothesized to be driven by...

as a fallback Vertical displacement – Vertical shift of land in plate tectonics "USGS: Magnitude 8 and Greater Earthquakes Since 1900". Archived from...

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...

surge tectonics which envisage flows through the mantle as major driving forces of Plate Tectonics. Hotspot Van Bemmelen, R.W. (1976); Plate Tectonics and...

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1995). "Cloud Tectonics". Variety. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2021. Braunagel, Don. "Cloud Tectonics", Variety,...

Tectonic uplift is the geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. While isostatic response is important, an increase in...

throughout the study of tectonics on Mars. In general, Mars lacks unambiguous evidence that terrestrial-style plate tectonics has shaped its surface....

variation in tectonics, climate, and erosion, and how these processes interact. Scale of observation is always a factor when evaluating tectonic and climatic...

The interaction between erosion and tectonics has been a topic of debate since the early 1990s. While the tectonic effects on surface processes such as...

Tectonics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of geology focusing on tectonics. It is published by the American Geophysical Union in collaboration with...

Retrieved 18 November 2011. Xie, Xiangyang; Heller, Paul (2006). "Plate tectonics and basin subsidence history". Geological Society of America Bulletin...

continents by increase in the volume of Earth. With the recognition of plate tectonics in 20th century, the idea has been abandoned and considered a pseudoscience...

of catastrophic plate tectonics as pseudoscience; they reject it in favor of the conventional geological theory of plate tectonics. It has been argued that...

Volcano tectonics is a scientific field that uses the techniques and methods of structural geology, tectonics, and physics to analyse and interpret physical...

of Hadean oceans is thought to have triggered plate tectonics. Subduction due to plate tectonics would have removed carbonate from the early oceans, contributing...

-logy], sometimes spelled vulcanology. According to the theory of plate tectonics, Earth's lithosphere, its rigid outer shell, is broken into sixteen larger...