crustal movement

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• crustal movement — noun movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth s crust • Syn: ↑tectonic movement • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑movement, ↑motion …   Useful english dictionary

• Crustal recycling — Understanding predictions of mantle dynamics helps geoscientists predict where subducted crust will end up. Crustal recycling is a tectonic process by which surface material from the lithosphere is recycled into the mantle during subduction. The… …   Wikipedia

• crustal deformation — /krʌstl difɔˈmeɪʃən/ (say krustl deefaw mayshuhn) noun Geology the displacement of part of the earth s crust as a result of tectonic plate movement, volcanic activity, etc …  

• tectonic movement — noun movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth s crust • Syn: ↑crustal movement • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑movement, ↑motion …   Useful english dictionary

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• Epeirogenic movement — Epeirogenic or continent forming movements, act along the radius of the earth. They are also called radial movements. Their direction maybe towards(subsidence) or away(uplift) from the centre of the earth. They take place over broad areas and are …   Wikipedia

• Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …   Wikipedia

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• Geosyncline — In geology, geosyncline is a term still occasionally used for a subsiding linear trough that was caused by the accumulation of sedimentary rock strata deposited in a basin and subsequently compressed, deformed, and uplifted into a mountain range …   Wikipedia

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