tectonics

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Dr. Chu gently reminded Barton of this little thing we call plate tectonics aka the Contintental Drift Theory.

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  1. noun The study of the earth's structural features.
  2. noun The art or science of construction, especially of large buildings.

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  • Tell that to the folks who published the first hints of plate tectonics, an idea which was certainly not accepted by the consensus geological community at first. —  California Literary Review
  • Plate tectonics is a fairly complicated theory about global-scale processes. —  RealClimate
  • "We show that this occurred because of limited melting of the asteroid, and thus illustrate that the formation of andesite crust has occurred in our solar system by processes other than plate tectonics, which is the generally accepted process that created the crust of Earth." —  Space News From SpaceDaily.Com
  • Like plate tectonics, but without the awesome explosions and earthquakes —  EDSBS
  • Nothing has stopped plate tectonics or the orbital cycles, and eventually they will make their presence felt. —  RealClimate
 

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/tɛkˈtɑnɪks/
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