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tectonics

processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time
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tectonics

Summary

tectonics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,551 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tectonics is a type of geological process[2].
  • tectonics's Commons category is recorded as Tectonics[3].
  • tectonics's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4].
  • tectonics's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • tectonics's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • tectonics's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[7].
  • tectonics's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Tectonic_Process[8].
  • tectonics's different from is recorded as tectonics[9].
  • tectonics's studied by is recorded as tectonics[10].

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Definition and Type

tectonics is a type of geological process[2].

Why It Matters

tectonics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,551 views/month).[1] tectonics has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] tectonics is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 38.36
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Tectonic_Process
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Tectonic_Process"
  2. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003544-tektonika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003544-tektonika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → geological process
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +1
    Studied by → tectonics
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6897, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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