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...n force|slab suction]] account for almost all of the force driving [[plate tectonics]]. The [[ridge push]] at rifts contributes only 5 to 10%.<ref>Conrad CP, [[ ...W. C.|last3=Uyeda|first3=S.|date=1983|title=The driving mechanism of plate tectonics: Relation to age of the lithosphere at trenches|journal=Geophysical Researc ...

In geodynamics the concept is used to explain [[tectonics|tectonic]] observations in [[accretionary wedge]]s. Every wedge has a certa ...e critical taper concept can thus explain and predict phases and styles of tectonics in wedges. ...

...was superseded by the concepts of [[continental drift]] and modern [[plate tectonics]]. The theory was first proposed by [[William Lowthian Green]] in 1875.<ref ...ape plays no special role in modern theories.<ref>{{cite web |title= Plate Tectonics: The Rocky History of an Idea |url= http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/t ...

...]] in 1920, but the force is now known to be far too weak to cause [[plate tectonics]]. The strength of the layers of the [[Earth's crust]] is much stronger tha [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

...] News Release, 30 May 2007, United States Geological Survey</ref> [[Plate tectonics|Tectonically]], it is actually a system of related geologic faults that sep [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

...:1">{{Cite journal|last=Ranalli|first=Giorgio|date=2001|title=Experimental tectonics: from Sir James Hall to the present|journal=Journal of Geodynamics|volume=3 ...ng]] and [[Fault (geology)|faulting]], or large-scale processes, such as [[Tectonics|tectonic]] movement and interior Earth structures.<ref name=":0" /><ref nam ...

...treams.<ref>Wakabayashi, John; Sawyer, Thomas L. (2001). "Stream Incision, Tectonics, Uplift, and Evolution of Topography of the Sierra Nevada, California". The ...reating a gorge or canyon.<ref>Schumm, S., Dumont, J., Holbrook, J. Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers. Cambridge University Press, Feb 21, 2002.</ref> ...

...]s in the [[Ring of Fire|circum-Pacific area]], effects of [[tsunami]]s, [[tectonics]] of crustal movements, [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of [[Mollusca|mollu ...

...econstruction''' is the process of reconstructing the positions of [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plates]] relative to each other (relative motion) or to other refe ...>{{cite web | title=Measuring plate motion with geodesy - Earth 520: Plate Tectonics and People: Foundations of Solid Earth Science | website=John A. Dutton e-E ...

...ional]]'' in 1990. Lomnitz authored a number of books, notably '''''Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk''''' (Elsevier, 1974). {{cn|date=July 2016}} ...

...nnected seafloor spreading and [[continental drift]] in a model of [[plate tectonics]]. In 1969, the elevations of ridges was explained as [[thermal expansion]] [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

...etymology of the word "''plaxique''" is unclear; it may refer to [[plate tectonics]] ("tectonique des plaques" in French), as elementary relations that genera ...

...2=Antonio|year=2011|title=Messinian salinity crisis regulated by competing tectonics and erosion at the Gibraltar arc|journal=Nature|volume=480|issue=7377 |page ...

Bedrock incision can be caused by [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plate movement]].<ref name=":1" /> As the land is uplifted the riv ...

...n supply information about the past [[Metamorphic rock|metamorphic]] and [[Tectonics|tectonic]] history.<ref name=":0" /> ...on [[Heat equation|heat transfer equations]], different [[plate tectonics|tectonics]] models and reactions of metamorphic minerals in the simulation of the pos ...

...y enters the mantle in the form of [[carbonate]]-rich sediments on [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plates]] of ocean crust, which pull the carbon into the mantle upo [[Category:Plate tectonics]] ...

== Tectonics == ...sm. Compared to [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] and [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]], tectonics appears to be a relatively minor component of Triton's geology. Several rid ...

...n|first2=Martin P.A.|date=May 2007|title=Terra infirma: Understanding salt tectonics|journal=Earth-Science Reviews|volume=82|issue=1–2|pages=1–28|doi=10.1016/j. * [[Salt tectonics]] ...

...ory of Earth|Earth history]] as a result of [[biological evolution]] and [[Tectonics|tectonic]] changes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Penman |first=Donald E. |last2 Tectonics can induce changes in the carbonate-silicate cycle. For example, the uplift ...