tectonics
tectonics
Definition
tec·ton·ics (-iks)
- the constructive arts in general; esp., the art of making things that have both beauty and usefulness
- Geol. the study of the earth's crustal structure and the forces that produce changes in it
Etymology: see tectonic
tectonics
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- understand: Through understanding plate tectonics, we have banished much of the mysticism surrounding natural hazards.
- drive: The lecture also seeks to provide answers to questions such as, how quickly plates move and what drives plate tectonics?
- include: After formation is complete, the surfaces of planets continue to be modified by surface processes including tectonics and volcanism.
Converse of subject
- cause: The Indian Ocean tsunami ( tho caused by earth tectonics ) showed how vulnerable the developing world is to massive natural disasters.
Adjective modifier
- extensional: The aim is to assess the structural geometries and hence the mechanisms of continental extensional tectonics.
- active: For deformations in the upper continental crust, high quality data may be extracted from geomorphological studies of active tectonics.
- global: This synoptic coverage of global tectonics is for the past 1 million years.
- regional: However, relatively few studies have attempted to unravel the local and regional scale tectonics of Iran.
- compressional: During the Mesozoic, most of central and western Thailand was affected by large, left lateral wrench faults and compressional tectonics.
- continental: Studies of the Indo-Asian collision have produced two contrasting views of continental tectonics.
Modifies a noun
- theory: There is also a history of plate tectonics theories, including information about Alfred Wegener and his theory of continental drift.
Noun used with modifier
- plate: A study of the world's major plates gives insight into recent finding about the action of plate tectonics.
- thrust: A similar type of chronology applies to the other pioneering area for thrust tectonics - the NW Highlands of Scotland.
Possessives
- earth: That was no way God's will, that was just the Earth's tectonics messing up.
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