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Tectonics vs Tectonism - What's the difference?

tectonics | tectonism |

As nouns the difference between tectonics and tectonism

is that tectonics is the study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth while tectonism is the deformation of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity.

tectonics

English

Noun

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  • (geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
  • (architecture) The science and art of assembling]], shaping, or [[ornament, ornamenting materials in construction.

    • Related terms

    * tectonic * architectonics

    tectonism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The deformation of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity.
  • *{{quote-journal, 1997, date=April 25, Nicholas Brozovic et al., Climatic Limits on Landscape Development in the Northwestern Himalaya, Science citation
    • , passage=Next Reports Climatic Limits on Landscape Development in the Northwestern Himalaya Nicholas Brozovi , * Douglas W. Burbank, Andrew J. Meigs The interaction between tectonism and erosion produces rugged landscapes in actively deforming regions. }}
  • *{{quote-journal, 1997, date=August 15, John N. Christensen et al., Climate and Ocean Dynamics and the Lead Isotopic Records in Pacific Ferromanganese Crusts, Science citation
    • , passage=Furthermore, changes in continental weathering and riverine contributions to the oceans may also be linked with climate, and hydrothermal inputs vary with tectonism . }}
  • *{{quote-journal, 1997, date=August 29, Suzanne E. Smrekar & Ellen R. Stofan, Corona Formation and Heat Loss on Venus by Coupled Upwelling and Delamination, Science citation
    • , passage=The thick lithosphere predicted by these models appears to be inconsistent with even a low level of ongoing volcanism and tectonism . }}

    Synonyms

    *diastrophism