TECTONISM


Meaning of TECTONISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtek-tə-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1948

: the process of deformation that produces in the earth's crust its continents and ocean basins, plateaus and mountains, folds of strata, and faults — called also diastrophism

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