tectonics

/tek-ton-iks/US // tɛkˈtɒn ɪks //UK // (tɛkˈtɒnɪks) //

构造学,板块结构学,板块构造学,构造

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- : structural geology.

Plate tectonics controls pretty much the fact that life exists on Earth.
Several scientists have argued that plate tectonics has operated since at least 4 billion years ago.
This shows that plate tectonics isn’t a prerequisite for life at its most basic level.
“What exactly plate tectonics is isn’t an answered question,” Fu says.
South of Silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.
Only in the 1960s, with the theory of plate tectonics, did a convincing solution finally emerge.