Какво означава plate tectonics на английски?

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plate tectonics Значение & определение

0 the study of how the surface of the earth is formed, how the separate pieces of it move, and the effects of this movement
1 the theory that the earth's surface is made of large layers of rock that are always moving, causing earthquakes and volcanoes, and explaining the creation of the varied features of the earth's surface

Subduction of dense cold plates into the mantle leads to plate tectonics.
The requirements for plate tectonics of water and mass are also independently requirements for habitable planets.
So these requirements for plate tectonics are already fundamental conditions for a habitable planet.
If plate tectonics occurs, it must involve crustal fractionation into components with different buoyancy.
The model is based on the global carbon cycle mediated by life and driven by increasing stellar luminosity and plate tectonics.
The likelihood of plate tectonics is difficult to predict.
In other words, the incidence of plate tectonics on a planet which we identify as potentially habitable could be quite high.
In this paper we speculate on how plate tectonics influences surface mineralogy, and identify three examples which could influence the development of life.