geotectonics

Japanese: geotectonics
geotectonics

...general term for the internal shape of the Earth's rocks and strata, which, once formed, are transformed by movements, rotations, deformations, destruction, and other actions that change their original position, arrangement, and relative positions. It includes structures of all sizes, from outcrops that can be directly observed by humans to structures on a global scale, but when discussing the structure of the Japanese archipelago in general terms, the term geotectonics is also used. The movements that formed geological structures are called tectonic movements, and depending on the characteristics of the resulting structures, they are called folding, faulting, mountain building, land building, basin building, etc.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "geotectonics" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…地球上の岩石や地層がいったん形成されたあとで,移動,回転,変形,破壊などの作用により,もとの姿勢,配列,相対的な位置関係などが変化してできた内部形態の総称。規模の大小を問わず,人が直接観察できる露頭ほどのものから全地球規模の構造まで含まれるが,このうち,たとえば日本列島の構造を総括的に論ずるような場合には地体構造geotectonicsという語も用いられる。地質構造を形成した運動が造構造運動であり,できあがった構造の特徴によって,褶曲運動,断層運動,造山運動,造陸運動,造盆地運動などと呼ばれる。…

※「geotectonics」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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