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tectonics

field of geology devoted to tectonic processes
Class type of: dynamic geology Q78125729
tectonics
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
branch of geology
Subclass of
dynamic geology[2]
Part of
geology[3]
Different from
tectonics, Tectonics (architecture)[4][5]
Is the study of
tectonics[6]
Practiced by
tectonician[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en tectonics en geotectonics ar تكتونيات ar تكتونية ar علم بنية الأرض cs tektonika da tektonik el Τεκτονική es tectónica fa زمین‌ساخت fr tectonique hi विवर्तनिकी hu szerkezeti geológia hu szerkezetföldtan hu szerkezeti földtan hu tektonika (geológia) it geologia strutturale it geologia tettonica it geotettonica it tettonica
🔖 Identifiers · 17
GND ID
4059351-4
ANZSRC 2008 FoR ID
040313
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300054558
BNCF Thesaurus ID
32280
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.8
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/tectonics
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
tectonique
Freebase ID
/m/01q3t0
GEMET ID
8344
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tektonikk
Larousse ID
divers/tectonique/96183
Lex ID
tektonik
Show all 17 identifiers +5
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
3730
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrt3gOam2Mc74
PSH ID
4442
Topic's main category
Category:Tectonics
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
06133966-n

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🔗 Connections
← Studied by 12
plate tectonics, fold, tectonic plate, mélange, tectonics, boudinage, cataclasis, tectonic dislocation +4 more
← Field of work 5
Tanya Atwater, Nikolay Shatsky, Vladimir Keilis-Borok, İhsan Ketin, Tamara Kazantseva
Has these parts 3
neotectonics, tectonophysics, salt tectonics
Subtypes 3
neotectonics, geotectonics, mobilism
← Facet of 3
horst, diapir, competence
Different from 2
tectonics, Tectonics (architecture)
← Different from 2
tectonics, Tectonics (architecture)
Is the study of 1
tectonics
Part of 1
geology
Subclass of 1
dynamic geology
Topic's main category 1
Category:Tectonics
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Tectonics
← Depicts 1
geological map
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Summary

tectonics is a branch of geology[1].

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geology

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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