Tectonics — This article discusses the geologic usage, for the philosophical or architectural usage see: Architectonics : Or see plate tectonics . [ plate tectonics (click on map for more details)] Tectonics, (from the Greek for builder , tekton), is a field … Wikipedia
Extensional tectonics — is concerned with the structures formed, and the tectonic processes associated with, the stretching of the crust or lithosphere.Areas of extensional tectonics are typically associated with: * The development of continental rifts, with or without… … Wikipedia
Thrust tectonics — is concerned with the structures formed, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening of the crust or lithosphere.Areas of thrust tectonics are typically associated with: * The collision of two continents or a continent and an… … Wikipedia
Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral … Wikipedia
Queen Charlotte Basin — lies mostly beneath the continental shelf offshore, between the Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, and the British Columbia mainland. The term Queen Charlotte Basin normally refers to the Tertiary rocks, but these are underlain by what… … Wikipedia
Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault — The Liquiñe Ofqui Fault is major geological faultcite web|url=http://www.scielo.cl|accessdate=1999 07 01|publisher=CRED|title= Revista geológica de Chile ] that runs a length of roughly 1000 km in a north south direction and exhibits current… … Wikipedia
Chaitén — For the volcano, see Chaitén Volcano. Chaitén Town and Commune The town of Chaitén in 2007 … Wikipedia
Chaitén (volcano) — Chaitén 2003 photograph from the International Space Station. The caldera is the circular feature visible in the lower part of the image. The town of Chaitén is to the top. (This image is aligned roughly southwest, around 220°.) … Wikipedia
Liquiñe-Ofqui-Störungszone — Die Liquiñe Ofqui Störungszone Die Liquiñe Ofqui Störungszone ist eine große geologische Verwerfung in den chilenischen Anden. Sie erstreckt sich über etwa 1000 km in Nord Süd Richtung. Ihren nördlichsten Ausläufer markieren die Thermalquellen im … Deutsch Wikipedia
Olympic-Wallowa Lineament — Location of the Olympic Wallowa Lineament. Is the OWL an optical illusion? The Olympic Wallowa lineament (OWL) – first reported by cartographer Erwin Raisz in 1945 [1] on a relief map of the continental United States – is a physiographic feature… … Wikipedia
