- Tectonics - Wikipedia
Tectonic studies are important as guides for economic geologists searching for fossil fuels and ore deposits of metallic and nonmetallic resources An understanding of tectonic principles can help geomorphologists to explain erosion patterns and other Earth-surface features
- Tectonics | Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes Faults | Britannica
tectonics, scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth’s crust and the forces that produce such deformation
- What is Tectonic Shift? - NOAAs National Ocean Service
Earth’s crust, called the lithosphere, consists of 15 to 20 moving tectonic plates The plates can be thought of like pieces of a cracked shell that rest on the hot, molten rock of Earth’s mantle and fit snugly against one another
- Tectonics | NASA Earthdata
Tectonics is the study of the plates, the forces acting on them, and their motion NASA has a variety of tectonic data from an assortment of sources, such as synthetic aperture radar instruments and global positioning systems
- What is a tectonic plate? [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
- Plate Tectonics - National Geographic Society
Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth’s subterranean movements The theory, which solidified in the 1960s, transformed the earth sciences by explaining many phenomena, including mountain building events, volcanoes, and earthquakes
- Tectonics - Latest research and news | Nature
This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and rearrangement of the Earth’s crust and lithosphere
- Tectonic Plates - Science Notes and Projects
Learn about tectonic plates in geology Get a tectonic plate map, learn the names of the major plates, and discover the types of boundaries
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