TECTO has various meanings in the Geophysics category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of TECTO in Geophysics.
Tectonics is concerned with the processes which control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust, and its evolution through time. In particular, it describes the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents known as cratons, and the ways in which the relatively rigid plates that comprise the Earth's outer shell interact with each other.
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