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Preferred term

tectonics  

Definition

  • A branch of geology dealing with the broad architecture of the outer part of the Earth, that is, the regional assembling of structural or deformation features, a study of their mutual relations, origin and historical evolution.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8344

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