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tectonophysics
Branch of geophysics concerned with the structural forces affecting the deformation, uplift, and movement of the earth's crust.
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See also
asthenosphere
continental lithosphere
crust (earth)
earth history
earth structure
earthquakes
lithosphere
neotectonic processes
oceanic lithosphere
structural geology
tectonic processes
volcanology
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