tectonics
noun [ U ] geology specialized uk/tekˈtɒn.ɪks/ us/tekˈtɑː.nɪks/
地壳构造，地壳飘移
processes that relate to the structure of the earth's surface and the way it is formed, changed, and moved by forces inside it
Over millions of years, tectonics split some lands apart and send others crashing together. 在数百万年的时间里，地壳飘移将一些陆地分裂开来又让另一些陆地相撞。
plate tectonics 板块构造论
See: tectonic
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- The theory of plate tectonics says that thick slabs of crust under the oceans and continents move around like jigsaw puzzle pieces.
- Geologists worked hard to discover what plate tectonics revealed about Earth's past.
- The role of tectonics is absolutely critcal in understanding those changes in early humans.
- Depending on the geology, the tectonics and thus the topography of the earth's surface beneath it, it may be many miles deep or some few fathoms shallow.