plate tectonics en · NOUN
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(uncountable) The large-scale movement of tectonic plates that contributes to continental drift.
And of course, in order to understand the Earth's past and how it got to where it now is, it is important to have a basic knowledge of plate tectonics, which explains how the planet's continental and oceanic crusts are part of the lithospheric plates that are buoyant and ride upon the highly viscous asthenosphere.
2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
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hy սալերի տեկտոնիկա (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ka ფილების ტექტონიკა (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · pl tektonika płyt (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · gl tectónica de placas (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · et laamtektoonika (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ja プレートテクトニクス (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · sv plattektonik (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · de Plattentektonik (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · eo platotektoniko (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ca tectònica de plaques (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · pt tectónica de placas (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · be тэктоніка пліт (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · tr levha tektoniği (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · it tettonica delle placche (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ga teicteonaic phlátaí (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · nl platentektoniek (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · fr tectonique des plaques (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · it tettonica a placche (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · cmn 板塊構造 /板块构造 (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · sk platňová tektonika (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ko 플레이트 텍토닉스 (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · uk тектоніка плит (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · fi laattatektoniikka (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ru текто́ника плит (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · ko 판 구조론 (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · hu lemeztektonika (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · es tectónica de placas (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) · cs desková tektonika (large-scale movement of tectonic plates)