The Vasquez Rock formations, located in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, were formed by tectonic activity along an offshoot of the San Andreas Fault.
Morphotectonics (from Ancient Greek: μορφή, morphḗ, "form";[1] and τεκτονικός, tektonikos, "pertaining to building"[2]), or tectonic geomorphology, is a branch of geomorphology that studies how landforms are formed or affected by tectonic activity.[3] Morphotectonists seek to understand the deep Earth mechanisms behind the creation of tectonic landforms by processes such as crust uplift, subsidence, faulting, or folding.[4]
Morphotectonics relies on cross-disciplinary research, drawing from fields such as geology, seismology, physical geography, climatology, geochronology, and geodesy.[5] This diversity creates a challenge in that successful morphotectonic studies require combining information from specialized, historically unrelated fields of study. Furthermore, this wide range of fields leads to new discoveries in the field potentially coming from unexpected sources, such as paleobotany or stratigraphy. The field of morphotectonics has been increasingly gaining attention since the 1980s.[3]
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to the geomorphological and geological differences, into three major morphotectonic units: Eastern Romanian Carpathians (Carpații Orientali) - with 3 main...
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explosive volcanism in the middle Late Holocene significantly affected the morphotectonic plan of the Vetrovoy Isthmus area, possibly contributing to the obstruction...
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hidden under the Zagros folds: active basement tectonics and surface morphotectonics". Tectonophysics. 241 (4): 199–224. Bibcode:1995Tectp.241..193B. doi:10...
Weiwei; Li, Jiabiao; Li, Jun; Fang, Yinxia; Tang, Yong (20 April 2013). "Morphotectonics and evolutionary controls on the Pearl River Canyon system, South China...
Abdelrahman; Çakir, Ziyadin; Owen, Lewis A.; Kaya, Sinasi (2018). "Morphotectonic analysis of the East Anatolian Fault, Turkey". Turkish Journal of Earth...
S. T.; Khaing, S. N.; Aung, L. T.; Sieh, K. (16 December 2014). "Morphotectonics of the Central Sagaing fault West of Mandalay: Trace of the 1839 Ava...
The Delphi‐Amfissa Fault Zone, central Greece: active extension, morphotectonics and mass wasting at the northern part of Corinth Rift (Report). 9th...
mobile belt of the Assam–Arakan basin and forms the most prominent morphotectonic unit of the Naga Hills, where these overthrusts form a complex pattern...
Soulakellis, N.; Kairis, O.; Ganas, A.; Valmis, S. (1 January 2007). "Morphotectonics of the Psathopyrgos active fault, western Corinth Rift, central Greece"...
P.I.; Granda, A.; Pérez-González, A.; García-Lobón, J.L. (2009). "Morphotectonic setting of maar lakes in the Campo de Calatrava Volcanic Field (Central...
The Isparta Angle is an inverse-V-shaped morphotectonic structure located in southwestern Anatolia, to the north of the Gulf of Antalya.: 33 Formed by...
Retrieved 8 July 2023. Şencan, A.; Efe, R. (2014). "An Overview of Morphotectonic Features and Seismicity of the Vicinity of Biga and Denizkent (NW Turkey)"...
caves of the Dead Sea Fault Escarpment (Israel): palaeogeographic and morphotectonic implications. Sedimentology 57, 429–445. Benami Amiel, R., Grodek, T...
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