redirects here. For the dance tecktonik, see Electro dance . Image Plate tectonics map.gif thumb 450px right World plate tectonics click on map for more details Tectonics from the Vulgar Latin tectonicus ... with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures. Tectonics ... ore s. Main types of tectonic regime Extensional tectonics Main Extensional tectonics Extensional tectonics is associated with the stretching and thinning of the crust or lithosphere. This type of tectonics ... end of passive margin sequences where a detachment layer is present. Thrust contractional tectonics Main Thrust tectonics Thrust tectonics is associated with the shortening and thickening of the crust or lithosphere. This type of tectonics is found at zones of continental collision , at restraining ... layer is present. Strike slip tectonics Main Strike slip tectonics Strike slip tectonics is associated with the relative lateral movement of parts of the crust or lithosphere. This type of tectonics ... in the foreland to a collisional belt. Plate tectonics Main Plate tectonics In plate tectonics ... studies Salt tectonics Main Salt tectonics Salt tectonics is concerned with the structural ... Science 2005 , Springer, ISBN 978 1 4020 1903 6, Chapter 1 Tectonics and Neotectonics doi ... Seismotectonics is the study of the relationship between earthquakes , active tectonics and individual ... activity in an area by analysing a combination of regional tectonics, recent instrumentally recorded ... can then be used to quantify the seismic hazard of an area. Planetary tectonics Techniques used in the analysis of tectonics on earth have also been applied to the study of the Planetary science ... site Glarus Thrust References Reflist Edward A. Keller 2001 Active Tectonics Earthquakes, Uplift ... M. Holbrook 2002 Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers , Cambridge University Press Reprint edition ... An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics. 2nd edition http globalchange.umich.edu ben ES ... more details
A high is in structural geology and tectonics an area where tectonic uplift has taken place relative to its surroundings. Highs are often bounded by normal fault s and can be regarded as the opposites of basin geology basins . A related word is a massif , an area where relative old rocks layers are found at the surface. A small high can be called a horst geology horst . Because of the relative uplift the accommodation space for sediments was relatively small and a high will have thinner sedimentary layers deposited on it compared to the surrounding basins. Therefore, highs are not good places to study stratigraphy stratigraphic sequences as the sequence may be less detailed or even absent. Category Tectonicstectonics stub ... more details
Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed, and the Tectonics tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and thickening of the Crust geology crust or lithosphere . Deformation styles In areas of thrust tectonics two main styles are recognized thin skinned deformation and thick skinned deformation . The distinction is important as attempts to structurally restore the deformation will give very different results depending on the assumed geometry. ref cite journal doi 10.1016 j.marpetgeo.2003.11.020 title Thin skinned versus thick skinned structural models for Apulian carbonate reservoirs constraints from the Val d Agri Fields, S Apennines, Italy year 2004 author Shiner, P journal Marine and Petroleum Geology volume 21 issue 7 pages 805 ref Thin skinned deformation Thin skinned deformation refers to shortening that only involves the sedimentary cover. This style is typical of many fold and thrust belt s developed in the foreland of a collisional zone. This is particularly the case where a good basal decollement exists such as Rock salt salt ... Limitations and implications, in K. R. McClay, ed., Thrust tectonics and hydrocarbon systems AAPG Memoir 82, p. 647 667. ref Geological environments associated with thrust tectonics Collisional zones The most significant areas of thrust tectonics are associated with Convergent boundary destructive ... of two Continental crust continental Plate tectonics tectonic plates for example the Arabian plate ... an effective Decollement detachment layer is present such as Salt tectonics salt , the extensional ... margin with a Salt tectonics salt detachment . ref http www.searchanddiscovery.net abstracts pdf 2008 mapg morocco abstracts marton.pdf Marton, G, & Schoenborn, G. 2008. Salt Tectonics of the Continent ... tectonics Strike slip tectonics References Reflist External links http folk.uib.no nglhe StructModulesTextbook ... Strukturgeologi by Haakon Fossen & Roy Gabrielsen Category Structural geology Category Tectonics ... more details
The interplay between erosion and tectonics has been a matter of debate since the early 1990s. While Tectonics tectonic effects on surface processes such as erosion for example, the river entrainment subsequent to a tectonic rock uplift have been long recognized, the reverse the effects of erosion on tectonic deformation has only recently been addressed thanks to the availability of computer modelling techniques. ref Willett, Sean D., et al., Tectonics, Climate and Landscape Evolution , Geological Society of America Special Paper 398, 2006 ISBN 0 8137 2398 1 http earth.geology.yale.edu brandon Eprints Willett 20etal2006GSASP390 Introduction.pdf PDF of Introduction ref Tectonics modify erosion because it modifies the surface topography , which is the most important parameter controlling surface processes of mass transport. Erosion might be reduced on a flat landscape before a normal fault generates a topographic gradient for example. Landforms are generally considered as the result of the interaction between the tectonic and isostatic uplift and the response of surface erosion. The way the tectonic deformation is influenced by erosion is more subtle and is produced by the weight of the mass removed eroded from the surface and the weight of the deposited sediments, which in some circumstances can become relevant enough as to modify the state of stress at depth and the pattern of tectonic deformation. Although originally proposed for continental collision settings, presently the effects of erosion on tectonic deformation have been extended to a diversity of tectonic settings including continental margin s, plate subduction , and high plateau s. See also River anticlines References Reflist Category Geophysics Category Geomorphology River morphology tectonics stub es Erosi n tect nica ... more details
Primary sources date September 2009 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Cortical Tectonics Type Album Artist Canvas solaris Canvas Solaris Cover Cortical Tectonics cover.jpg Released June 2007 Recorded 2007 Genre Progressive rock br Progressive metal br Experimental music Experimental Length 46 02 Label Sensory record label Sensory Producer Reviews Last album Penumbra Diffuse br 2006 This album Cortical Tectonics br 2007 Next album The Atomized Dream br 2008 Cortical Tectonics is the third studio album by United States of America American progressive metal band Canvas solaris Canvas Solaris . It was released in 2007. Track listing Berserker Hypothesis 3 55 Sinusoid Mirage 6 58 Interface 5 41 Gamma Knife 8 02 Rhizome 4 19 Reticular Consciousness 17 03 Personnel Nathan Sapp guitar , vocals Hunter Ginn Drum kit drums , Percussion instrument percussion Ben Simpkins guitar , Bass guitar bass Release Details 2007, US, Sensory Records SR 3037, Release Date 5 June 2007, CD External links http www.myspace.com canvassolaris The Band s MySpace Page http www.lasersedgegroup.com bands.asp?iBandID 52 Sensory Records http www.progarchives.com album.asp?id 15537 ProgArchives http www.metal archives.com release.php?id 154394 Encyclopaedia Metallum Category 2007 albums ... more details
No footnotes date February 2011 Plume tectonics is a geophysical theory that finds its roots in the mantle doming concept which did not accept major plate movements and continental drifting which was especially popular during the 1930s, and survived throughout the seventies up till today in various forms and presentations. It has slowly evolved into a concept that recognises and accepts large scale plate motions such as envisaged by plate tectonics , but placing them in a framework where large mantle plume s are the major driving force of the system. The theory focuses on the movements of postulated mantle plumes under tectonic plate s viewing them as the major driving force of movements of parts of the Earth s crust. It tries to reconcile in one single geodynamic model the horizontalistic concept of Plate tectonics, and the verticalistic concepts of mantle plumes and Hotspot geology hot spots , together with the existence of various super continent s in Earth history. This theory has little support in mainstream geology. More plausible is the view that mantle plumes do not make an appreciable contribution to plate motions, or to volcanism on Earth s surface. ref name Foulger cite book title Plates vs. Plumes A Geological Controversy author Foulger, G.R. url http www.wiley.com WileyCDA WileyTitle productCd 1405161485.html year 2010 isbn 978 1 4051 6148 0 publisher Wiley Blackwell ref References Reflist Cite journal last Fukao first Y last2 Obayashi first2 M last3 Inoue first3 H last4 Nenbai first4 M year 1992 title Subducting slabs stagnant in the mantle transition zone journal .......97.4809F Cite journal last Maruyama first Shigenori year 1994 title Plume tectonics journal ... BF editor4 last Windley year 2007 title Superplumes beyond plate tectonics place AA Dordrecht, NL ... tectonics autor Maruyama&q Cite journal doi 10.1146 annurev.earth.36.031207.124224 title Stagnant Slab ... Tectonics Category Plate tectonics Category Geodynamics tectonics stub ko ja ... more details
Extensional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed, and the Tectonics tectonic processes associated with, the stretching of the Crust geology crust or lithosphere . Deformation styles The types of structure and the geometries formed depend on the amount of stretching involved. Stretching is generally measured using the parameter math beta math , known as the beta factor where math beta frac t 0 t 1 math , math t 0 math is the initial crustal thickness and math t 1 math is the final crustal thickness. It is also the equivalent of the Strain materials science strain parameter stretch . ref http books.google.co.uk books?id ycASqdxSG3YC&pg PA64&dq stretch Foundations of structural geology&lr &ei HjYVSrq3EZrEzASuzrH7Ag Park, R.G. 1997. Foundations of Structural Geology. 3rd edition, Routledge, 216pp. ref Low beta factor In areas of relatively low crustal stretching, the dominant structures are high to moderate angle normal faults, with associated Graben Half graben half grabens and tilted fault blocks. ref name kearey http books.google.co.uk books?id HYqZntfg25UC&pg PA153&dq rift dimensions&lr &ei iloVSvvcO4TOlQTDuvDUCQ Kearey, P., Klepeis, K.A. & Vine, F.J. 2008. Global Tectonics, Chapter 7, Continental rifts and rifted margins, WileyBlackwell, 496pp. ref High beta factor In areas of high crustal stretching, individual extensional fault s may become rotated to too low a dip .... USGS Open File Report 99 50 H. ref Geological environments associated with extensional tectonics Areas of extensional tectonics are typically associated with Continental rifts Main Rift Rifts are linear ... in East Greenland and western Norway . ref http folk.uib.no nglhe Papers Tectonics 201998 20Dunlap ... Norway. Tectonics 17, 604 620. ref ref http folk.uio.no ebbe Ebbe Hartz Publications files Hartz ... faulting, balanced by outboard shortening. See also Thrust tectonics Strike slip tectonics References ... Gabrielsen Category Structural geology Category Tectonics es Tect nica extensional nl Extensietektoniek ... more details
image SaltTectonics1.jpg 500px thumb right Salt tectonics is concerned with the geometries and processes associated with the presence of significant thicknesses of evaporite s containing rock salt within a stratigraphy stratigraphic sequence of rocks. This is due both to the low density of salt, which does not increase with burial, and its low strength. Passive salt structures Structures may form during continued sedimentary loading, without any external tectonic influence, due to gravitational instability. Pure halite has a density of 2160 kg m sup 3 sup . When initially deposited, sediments generally have a lower density of 2000 kg m , but with loading and compaction their density increases to 2500 kg m , which is greater than that of salt. ref McGeary. D and C. C. Plummer 1994 Physical Geology Earth revealed, Wm . C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, p.475 476 ISBN 0 697 12687 0 ref Once the overlying layers have become denser, the weak salt layer will tend to deform into a characteristic series of ridges and depressions, due to a form of Rayleigh Taylor instability . Further sedimentation will be concentrated in the depressions and the salt will continue to move away from them into the ridges ... 500px thumb Active tectonics will increase the likelihood of salt structures developing. In the case of extensional tectonics , faulting will both reduce the strength of the overburden and thin ... extension, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 9 331 353 ref In an area affected by thrust tectonics , buckling ... fault systems When one or more salt layers are present during extensional tectonics , a characteristic ... fault. ref Stewart, S. A., 2007, Salt tectonics in the North Sea Basin a structural style template ... In areas of thrust tectonics salt layers act as preferred detachment planes. In the Zagros fold and thrust ... related to salt tectonics, including many in the Middle East , the South Atlantic passive margin ... geology Category Tectonics de Halokinese hu S tektonika nl Halokinese ... more details
multiple issues notability December 2009 original research December 2009 primarysources December 2009 Overview Cloud Tectonics is a one act play by Jos Rivera , a dreamlike and ultimately tragic love story about its two protagonists, An bal de la Luna and Celestina del Sol. It is set in Los Angeles , with most of the action taking place in An bal s house. It is somewhat of the archetypal boy meets girl story but it is truly told by a master of the form. Rivera puts magical realism he studied screenwriting with Gabriel Garc a M rquez at the Sundance Institute in 1989 to good use in the play by distorting our conceptions of time, space, and even although not to the same extent sound. He additionally makes use of poetic and occasionally absurd language to enhance the characters and the world of the play. Production history The play premiered at the 19th Annual Humana Festival in 1995, and was subsequently produced at the La Jolla Playhouse and later at Playwrights Horizons in NYC. Category 1995 plays Category Plays by Jos Rivera Category Puerto Rican plays Category Magic realism Category Hispanic American plays ... more details
Rocky Mountains . Plate tectonics from the Late Latin tectonicus , from the lang el ... before the Plate Tectonics paradigm , as it is sometimes called, became the main scientific model ... times, depending on its temperature and pressure. The key principle of plate tectonics is that the lithosphere ... types of plate boundaries are ref name platetectonics.com cite web title Plate Tectonics ... in different episodes. Driving forces of plate motion Plate tectonics is basically a kinematic ... of heat from the mantle is acknowledged to be the original source of energy driving plate tectonics .... Therefore, alternative views have been proposed In the theory of plume tectonics developed during ... on the plume tectonics page. Another suggestion is that the mantle flows neither in cells nor large ... friction to the lithosphere. This theory is called surge tectonics and became quite popular in geophysics ... as the main driving force in the last edition of his book in 1929. In the plate tectonics context ... below on this page therefore invoked many of the relationships recognised during this pre plate tectonics ... force, whereas the other forces are used or in global geodynamic models not using the plate tectonics ... within the overall plate tectonics model. In 1973 George W. Moore sfn Moore 1973 of the USGS ... s rotation and the forces acting upon it by the Moon being a driving force for plate tectonics ... may also explain why Venus and Mars have no plate tectonics, since Venus has no moon and Mars moons ... of the theory Main Timeline of the development of tectonophysics Plate tectonics is the main ... end up fifty years later in the theory of plate tectonics. sfn Hughes 2001a Starting from the idea ... the oceanic crust. Concepts close to the elements now incorporated in plate tectonics were proposed ... 1965 that continental drift was feasible and the theory of plate tectonics, which was defined in a series ... of plate tectonics. These are the works of Felix Andries Vening Meinesz Vening Meinesz , Arthur Holmes ... more details
Image Earthquake Information for Pakistan.gif right thumb 350px Closeup of the boundary with the Eurasian, African and Arabian plates the 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at the northern tip of the Indian plate. Tectonics zones of Pakistan are the Eurasian Plate , Arabian Plate and Indian Plate which is part of Indo Australian Plate . External links http www.gsp.com.pk pakistan tectonics zones.html Tectonics zones of Pakistan http people.whitman.edu pogue Pakistan.html Tectonics and Stratigraphy of northern Pakistan Pakistan stub Category Geology of Pakistan ... more details
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This is a list of articles related to plate tectonics and tectonic plate s. Articles for individual plates colbegin 2 List of tectonic plates African Plate Anatolian Plate Antarctic Plate Arabian Plate Cocos Plate Eurasian Plate Explorer Plate Farallon Plate Gorda Plate Juan de Fuca Plate Halmahera Plate Indo Australian Plate Pacific Plate Molucca Sea Plate Nazca Plate North American Plate Philippine Sea Plate South American Plate Sunda Plate colend Paleaocontinents Gondwana Laurasia Pangaea Panthalassa Rodinia Terrane Other articles relating to specific locations Benham Plateau East African Rift Emperor Seamounts Geology of the Alps Indian subcontinent Mariana Trench Mid Atlantic Ridge Mohorovi i discontinuity Molucca Sea Collision Zone Pacific Antarctic Ridge Philippine Mobile Belt San Andreas Fault Tethys Ocean Tethys Sea Earthquakes Blind thrust earthquake Earthquake Intraplate earthquake s Interplate earthquake s Megathrust earthquake s Other plate tectonics articles colbegin 2 Alpine Fault Asthenosphere Back arc basin Continent Continental drift Convergent boundary Crust geology Crust Divergent boundary Fault geology Island arc Isostasy List of tectonic plate interactions Mantle geology Mantle Mountain Obduction Oceanic ridge Oceanic trench Orogeny Paleoclimatology Paleomap Passive margin Ridge push Rift geology Seafloor spreading Seamount Strain Subduction Supercontinent Transform boundary Transform fault Volcano colend Category Geology lists Plate tectonics Category Plate tectonics Category Indexes of science articles Plate tectonics topics ... more details
Strike slip tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the Tectonics tectonic processes associated with, zones of lateral displacement within the Crust geology crust or lithosphere . Deformation styles File Riedel.jpg thumb 250px Development of riedel shears in a zone of dextral shear File Flowerstructure1.png thumb 250 px Flower structures developed along minor restraining and releasing bends on a dextral right lateral strike slip fault Riedel shear structures In the early stages of Fault geology Strike slip faults strike slip fault formation displacement within Basement geology basement rocks produces characteristic fault structures within the overlying cover. This will also be the case where an active strike slip zone lies within an area of continuing sedimentation. At low levels of strain the overall simple shear causes a set of small faults to form. The dominant set, known as R shears, form at about 15 to the underlying fault with the same shear sense. The R shears are then linked by a second set, the R shear that form at about 75 to the main fault trace. ref name ... Geologists. 74 ref Geological environments associated with strike slip tectonics File Aerial SanAndreas ... tectonics are associated with Oceanic transform boundaries Mid ocean ridges are broken into segments ... . Lateral ramps in areas of extensional or contractional tectonics Major lateral offsets between ... tectonics , first elucidated by Paul Tapponnier , occurs during a collisional event where one of the plates ... and Cenozoic tectonics of the Tien Shan, Mongolia and Baykal regions. Journal Geophysical Research, 84, B7, 3425 3459. ref See also Thrust tectonics Extensional tectonics References Reflist External ... Rutgers University including section on strike slip tectonics http www.gl.ntu.edu.tw geodesy images course Earth 20Structures ES2008 Ch19.pdf Strike slip tectonics course notes from Jyr ChingHu, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University Category Structural geology Category Tectonics ... more details
Chinese Tian Shan Reactivated Tectonic Structures and Active Deformation journal Tectonics ... Meffre date 16 November 2011 title Paleozoic tectonics of the southern Chinese Tianshan Insights from ... and Tapponnier title Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia Effects of a Continental Collision journal Science volume ... et. al. title Paleozoic Collision Tectonics and Magmatism of the Chinese Tien Shan journal Tectonophysics ... et. al. title Cenozoic Tectonics in the Urumqi Korla Region of the Chinese Tien Shan journal Geol ... et. al. title Late Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Chinese Tian Shan journal Tectonics .... ref name Allen1999 cite journal author Allen et. al. title Late Cenozoic tectonics of the Kepingtage Thrust Zone journal Tectonics volume 18 date August 1999 pages 639 654 ref Active deformation in the Tian ... Regions journal Tectonics volume 29 year 2010 pages 1 23 ref The total amount of convergence in the Tian ... of northern Tarim Basin implications for regional tectonics and petroleum traps. journal AAPG Bulletin ... display authors 1 year 1993 title Paleozoic Collision Tectonics and Magmatism of the Chinese Tien ... Basin Implications for Regional Tectonics and Petroleum Traps journal AAPG Bulletin. volume 81 issue ... Reactivated Tectonic Structures and Active Deformation journal Tectonics volume 29 pages 1 30 doi 10.1029 ... display authors 1 date 8 August 1975 title Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia Effects of a Continental ... February 1998 title Late Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Chinese Tian Shan journal Tectonics ... Field for the Tien Shan and Surrounding Regions journal Tectonics volume 29 pages 1 23 doi 10.1029 2010TC002772 ref Category Geology of Central Asia Category Tectonics ... more details
unreferenced date March 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 In tectonics , vertical displacement is the shifting of land in a vertical direction, resulting in a permanent change in elevation. Two types of vertical displacement are tectonic uplift uplift , an increase in elevation, and subsidence , a decrease in elevation. DEFAULTSORT Vertical Displacement Category Plate tectonicsTectonics stub ... more details
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Slab suction forces are one of the major plate tectonics plate tectonic driving forces. Slab suction occurs when a Subduction subducting Slab geology slab drives flow in the nearby Mantle geology mantle . This flow then exerts shear Traction vector tractions on nearby plates. This driving force is important when the slabs or portions thereof are not strongly attached to the rest of their respective tectonic plate. They cause both the subducting and overriding plate to move towards the subduction zone. ref name ConradLithgow cite journal doi 10.1126 science.1074161 title How Mantle Slabs Drive Plate Tectonics year 2002 last1 Conrad first1 C. P. journal Science volume 298 issue 5591 pages 207 209 pmid 12364804 last2 Lithgow Bertelloni first2 C bibcode 2002Sci...298..207C ref References references Category Tectonicstectonics stub ... more details
The Cheyenne Belt is the plate tectonics tectonic suture zone between the Archean age Wyoming craton to the north and the Paleoproterozoic age Yavapai province to the south. In runs through the southeastern quadrant of the state of Wyoming , USA . It was formed during the Paleoproterozoic Medicine Bow orogeny between 1.78 and 1.74 billion years ago when island arc s collided with the Wyoming craton. ref name wardCO cite web last Ward first Dustin title The Cheyenne Belt url http www.colorado.edu GeolSci Resources WUSTectonics CheyenneBelt index.html work Tectonics of the Western U.S. publisher University of Colorado accessdate 5 January 2011 ref This is an example of a convergent boundary in Tectonics. The exposed geology consists of a series of northeast Strike and dip striking, steeply dipping shear zone s. ref name wardCO References references tectonics stub Category Geology of Wyoming ... more details
Techtonic can refer to Tecktonik , a frenetic and quirky form of street dance which is typically performed to electro house music. It may also be a misspelling of Tectonic , in reference to Tectonics , a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the lithosphere of the Earth or other planet s. Plate tectonics , a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth s lithosphere . disambig ... more details
The Terceira Rift is a geological rift located amidst the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean . It runs between the Azores Triple Junction to the west and the Azores Gibraltar Transform Fault to the southeast. It separates the Eurasian Plate to the north from the African Plate to the south. The Terceira Rift is named for Terceira Island through which it passes. References Category Plate tectonics tectonics stub pl Ryft Terceira ... more details
Sources date April 2010 In geology , plating is a hypothesized process whereby asthenosphere asthenospheric Mantle geology mantle hardens beneath Crust geology crustal material, thereby becoming attached to it and thereafter moving together with the crustal material as part of the lithosphere . A complementary process, although it does not necessarily always involve the upper mantle, is called delamination geology delamination . See also Delamination geology Ophiolite Category Plate tectonics tectonics stub ... more details
The Cyprus arc is part of the plate boundary zone that accommodates the motion of the African Plate relative to the Anatolian Plate . It is an arcuate depression located in the southern reaches of Cyprus . The Cyprus arc is considered to be in collision between the African and Eurasian plate s. ref citeweb url http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2003EAEJA.....2282M title The tectonics of Cyprus Arc a model of complex continental collision author Mart, Y. and Ryan, W. publisher The Smithsonian NASA Astrophysics Data System ref References reflist Category Geology of Cyprus tectonics stub ... more details
The Chile Triple Junction or Chile Margin Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction located on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off Taitao Peninsula Taitao and Tres Montes Peninsula on the southern coast of Chile . Here three tectonic plates meet the South American Plate , the Nazca Plate , and the Antarctic Plate . This triple junction is unusual in that it consists of a mid oceanic ridge , the Chile Rise , being subducted under the South American Plate at the Peru Chile Trench . References http www.nsm.buffalo.edu courses gly481 581 McGuire05 2.pdf Tectonics of South America Chile Triple Junction http walrus.wr.usgs.gov research sopac.html The Chile Margin Triple Junction Modern Analog to Ancient California? Geology of Chile Triple Junctions Category Geology of Chile Category Plate tectonics Category Triple junctions tectonics stub fr Jonction triple du Chili pl W ze potr jny Chile ... more details
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