new global tectonics

Comprehensive theory relating the formation of mountain belts, island arcs, and ocean trenches to the relative movement of regionally extensive lithospheric plates which are delineated by the major seismic belts of the earth.

Related terms:

• plate tectonics
• alpinotype tectonics
• global sea
• The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics
• subduction zones
• Tectonics
• Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics (clip)
• Plate tectonics animation
• global radiation
• Tectonics photos