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Tectonics (from
Latin tectonicus; from
Ancient Gr**** τεκτονικός (t****nikos),
meaning 'pertaining to building') is the
process that
controls the structure...
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Plate tectonics (from the Late
Latin tectonicus, from the Gr****: τεκτονικός "pertaining to building") is a
scientific theory describing the large-scale...
- This is a list of
tectonic plates on the Earth's surface.
Tectonic plates are
pieces of Earth's
crust and
uppermost mantle,
together referred to as the...
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epicenter is the
point at
ground level directly above the hypocenter.
Tectonic earthquakes occur anywhere in the
earth where there is
sufficient stored...
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Tectonic uplift is the
portion of the
total geologic uplift of the mean
Earth surface that is not
attributable to an
isostatic response to unloading.[citation...
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tectonic weapon is a
hypothetical device or
system which could create earthquakes, volcanoes, or
other seismic events in
specified locations by interfering...
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oceanic tectonic plate that lies
beneath the
Pacific Ocean. At 103 million
square kilometres (40,000,000 sq mi), it is the
largest tectonic plate. The...
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plate tectonics, a
divergent boundary or
divergent plate boundary (also
known as a
constructive boundary or an
extensional boundary) is a
linear feature...
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Tectonic plate interactions are of
three different basic types:
Divergent boundaries are
areas where plates move away from each other,
forming either mid-oceanic...
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thought to have
evolved through time; in
other words, as on Earth,
tectonic processes have
shaped the planet. However, both the ways this
change has...