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Tectonophysics, a branch of geophysics, is the study of the physical processes that underlie tectonic deformation. This includes measurement or calculation of the stress- and strain fields on Earth’s surface and the rheologies of the crust, mantle, lithosphere and asthenosphere.
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| thermal contraction of the lithosphere | instance of | and second-order effects of plate tectonics | 0.80 | text |
| Tectonophysics | related to External links | American Geophysical Union Tectonophysics | 0.60 | section |
| Tectonophysics | related to External links | Section Archived | 0.60 | section |
| Tectonophysics | related to External links | Wayback Machine | 0.60 | section |
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| Tectonophysics | related to history | Gzolvskii | 0.60 | section |
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