Thrust tectonics
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title:
Thrust tectonics
text:
Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and thickening of the crust or lithosphere. It is one of the three main types of tectonic regime, the others being extensional tectonics and strike-slip tectonics. These match the three types of plate boundary, convergent (thrust), divergent (extensional) and transform (strike-slip). There are two main types of thrust tectonics, thin-skinned and thick
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Concept in structural geology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_tectonics
date created:
2006-09-13T20:41:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T01:09:18Z
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