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- A tectonic block is a part of the Earth's crust that can be treated as a solid rigid crustal block or lithospheric section. A tectonic block may be bounded...2 KB (243 words) - 15:32, 19 October 2023
This is a list of tectonic plates on Earth's surface. Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere...20 KB (3,088 words) - 12:28, 15 July 2024
Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust. Large...7 KB (627 words) - 07:34, 22 April 2024
The Maya Block, also known as the Maya Terrane, Yucatan Block, or Yucatan–Chiapas Block, is a physiographic or geomorphic region and tectonic or crustal...58 KB (5,115 words) - 02:36, 1 May 2024- This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plates. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining...14 KB (4,284 words) - 12:15, 30 October 2023
- Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere...112 KB (13,659 words) - 22:00, 13 August 2024
Mindanao–Moluccas regions are associated with a more complex tectonic setting. The Palawan Block is an aseismic microcontinent to the west of the Philippine...34 KB (3,982 words) - 18:03, 29 July 2024
Elliott, J.L.; Larsen, C.F.; Freymueller, J.T.; Motyka, R.J. (2010). "Tectonic block motion and glacial isostatic adjustment in southeast Alaska and adjacent...10 KB (887 words) - 01:46, 20 August 2024
North China Craton (redirect from North China Block)North China Craton was at first some discrete, separate blocks of continents with independent tectonic activities. In the Paleoproterozoic (2.5-1.8 billion...109 KB (8,690 words) - 16:41, 6 July 2024
Anatolian Sub-Plate (redirect from Anatolian tectonic plate)The Anatolian Sub-Plate is a continental tectonic plate that is separated from the Eurasian plate and the Arabian plate by the North Anatolian Fault and...6 KB (693 words) - 05:08, 12 February 2024
Eurasian Plate (category Tectonic plates)The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and...9 KB (1,013 words) - 08:27, 5 June 2024
geological and geodetic data, five tectonic blocks are identified in the region. These blocks are separated by block-bounding faults. Based on GPS measurement...49 KB (4,431 words) - 05:10, 23 August 2024
Laramie Project is a 2000 American play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen...12 KB (1,070 words) - 20:47, 17 August 2024
tectonic processes interacted with other geological mechanisms. These mechanisms are crucial for the understanding of Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution...61 KB (6,965 words) - 19:40, 25 April 2024- Asymmetric valley (category Tectonics)offset or bent by the fault, rather than the river modifying the moving tectonic block. An example of this kind of asymmetrical valley can be found at the...1 KB (167 words) - 23:05, 31 January 2024
the majority of tectonic deformation and mountain formation occurring in the Cretaceous, which is attributed to regional tectonic block rotation of the...9 KB (1,010 words) - 16:03, 11 January 2024
Mountain formation (category Plate tectonics)fault-block, and dome. A more detailed classification useful on a local scale predates plate tectonics and adds to these categories. Movements of tectonic plates...18 KB (1,603 words) - 06:41, 5 May 2024
Anvers-Melchior Islands Tectonic Block includes the northwest portion of Anvers Island and the Melchior Islands offshore. The block is bounded on the southeast...8 KB (790 words) - 02:59, 4 September 2023
mica or glaucophane schist, primarily exemplified by the New Caledonia tectonic block off the coast of California. The broad range in composition has led...17 KB (1,745 words) - 21:45, 13 August 2024
Pacific Plate (redirect from Pacific tectonic plate)Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km2 (40 million sq mi), it is the largest tectonic plate. The plate...9 KB (971 words) - 21:24, 28 May 2024
- namely, the evolution of life on the earth and the tectonic structure of the continental blocks. “Certainly no one can seriously doubt but that the life
- plate tectonics. 1990. (p. 5) Earthquakes generate elastic waves when one block of material slides against another; the break between the two blocks being
- a halt. Very often, photo interpretation questions of the aftermath of tectonic hazards occur. Refer to this picture of an earthquake + tsunami in Chile: