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TACTONICS.
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This article is about the geologic usage. For the philosophical or architectural usage, see Architectonics (disambiguation).
"Tectonic" redirects here. Not to be confused with Tecktonik (dance), Tectonic (record label), or Tectonics (journal).
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Tectonics (from Latin tectonicus; from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikos) 'pertaining to building'[1]) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. These include the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents known as cratons, and the ways in which the relatively rigid plates that constitute the Earth's outer shell interact with each other. Tectonics also provide a framework for understanding the earthquake and volcanic belts that directly affect much of the global population.
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 is essential to geomorphologists to explain erosion patterns and other Earth surface features.
Contents
1 Main types of tectonic regime
1.1 Extensional tectonics
1.2 Thrust (contractional) tectonics
1.3 Strike-slip tectonics
2 Plate tectonics
3 Other fields of tectonic studies
3.1 Salt tectonics
3.2 Neotectonics
3.3 Tectonophysics
3.4 Seismotectonics
3.5 Planetary tectonics
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Main types of tectonic regime
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