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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC PROCESSES

Preferred term

TECTONIC PROCESSES  

Definition

  • The process of upwelling of magma, plate movement, subduction of crust, folding, faulting, warping, fracturing, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. (en)

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Change note

  • 2013-02-18 11:55:13.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES [b5cb1fab-7281-478f-bb3b-ff04f900b3fc,62741]);
  • 2013-02-18 12:04:25.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - OROGENIC MOVEMENT [46d188a9-1099-4d72-b466-6e839297320e,82541]);
  • 2013-02-18 12:05:21.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - EPEIROGENIC MOVEMENT [ebcd5f14-9468-493b-b0e6-de5afda2621a,82543]);
  • 2013-02-18 12:06:03.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - ISOSTATIC UPLIFT [ca464924-4299-46ea-8cae-fd9bad49c1b1,82545]);
  • 2013-02-18 12:06:24.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - RIFTING [9c207e15-9947-4849-bdf4-c1893a7f800a,82547]);
  • 2013-02-18 12:06:55.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - TECTONIC UPLIFT [4bc109b5-6788-4f64-8238-745bab3910dd,82549]);
  • 2013-02-18 12:07:21.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (TECTONIC PROCESSES [f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303,82507] - SUBDUCTION [44dd98d0-a0d0-46b2-bb98-ed887ce7fa60,82551]);
  • 2013-04-02 08:35:17.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: The process of upwelling of magma, plate movement, subduction of crust, folding, faulting, warping, fracturing, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/f0bd7eeb-9004-4e40-a649-f6010d8a4303

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