tectonic -- adj. Describing the forces that cause the movements and deformation of Earth's crust on a large scale, also describes the resulting structures or features from these forces.
Tectonic Plate, Tephra, Tertiary, Tetrahedron, Thermal Metamorphism, Transform Fault, Tsunami, ...
Plate Tectonics:
Geologic theory that the bending (folding) and breaking (faulting) of the solid surface of the earth results from the slow movement of large sections (plates) of that surface.
plate tectonics A theory of global tectonics according to which the lithosphere is divided into mobile plates. The entire lithosphere is in motion, not simply those segments composed of continental material. compare continental drift ...
Tectonic/Volcanic Landforms
Tectonic landforms usually dominate the scenery in any region that has experienced significant crustal disturbances, and this activity often shows as truly spectacular expressions in remote sensing images.
Tectonic plate movement, or continental drift as it was commonly referred to, adds another level of complexity to understanding datum.
Tectonic plates
Main article: Plate tectonics
A map pointing out the Earth's major plates.
A sedimentary or tectonic structure where oil and/or natural gas has accumulated. These are structural highs where a porous rock unit is capped by an impermeable rock unit.
One might envision regionwide development strategy and problem solving being steered by the interaction of the three groups -- much like the interaction that occurs among giant tectonic plates.
The solid earth is in slow but constant motion (see plate tectonics) and earthquakes occur where the resulting stress exceeds the capacity of Earth materials to support it.
1 earthquake near Christchurch, and for monitoring ongoing tectonic movements such as the slow slip events that occur regularly on the eastern side of the North Island," said John Beavan, principal scientist at GNS.
The surface layer of the Earth, the lithosphere, is broken up into several tectonic plates. Each plate moves in a different direction, at speeds of about 50 to 100 mm per year.
The applications for this were numerous, from more accurate satellite orbiting, to more insight into the tectonics dynamics of the region, to enhancement in weapons accuracy requirements and targeting.
For example, true 3-D analysis (more than visualization) and temporal GIS should provide new insights to geophysicists studying plate tectonics and the dynamic forces operating beneath the earth's surface.
storm evacuation map See: map, storm evacuation subsidence Decrease in the elevation of land surface due to tectonic, seismic, or artificial forces, without removal of surface material.
 See also: Surface, Plate, Image, Region, Area
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