PLATE TECTONICS - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

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	Synonyms:	plate tectonic theory, tectonics

	See Also:	geomorphology, morphology

Products Dictionary

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Glossary

	Definition:	the theory that the surface of the earth is divided into a number of plates that move in relationship to each other. Some of these plates carry the continents.