geotectonics

Significat (Anglès)

Tectonics, structural geology; the study of the structure of the Earth, especially of the formation and movement of tectonic plates.

Sinònims

tectonics

structural geology

tectonic geology

geotectonic geology

architectonic geology

Amb guionet com a

geo‧tec‧ton‧ics

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)tɛkˈtɒnɪks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From geo- + tectonics (although this is apparently first attested later), possibly from German Geotektonik.