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Record 1 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

The study of the relative movements of large parts of the Earth.

OBS

Implicit in the phrase "global tectonics" are the ideas that: (a) the movements may not have involved lithospheric plates (indeed, the earliest supposed plate movements are in the early Proterozoic); (b) energy changes in one part of the Earth have repercussions in other parts; and (c) large-scale tectonics have effects on many other systems, e.g. global weather patterns, evolutionary change, and the formation of natural resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
DEF

Branche de la géologie qui étudie le mouvement des plaques à la surface de la Terre.

Spanish

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