plate tectonics

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1. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	geomorphology, morphology,
definition	:	the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms (noun.cognition)

domain member category	:	pangaea, pangea,
definition	:	(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland (noun.object)