diastrophismn.
/dʌɪˈastrəʊfɪzm/ Geology.
A general term for the action of the forces which have disturbed and dislocated the earth's crust, and produced the greater inequalities of its surface. (Also, otherwise employed in quot. 1881 for diastrophic adj. at Derivatives.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun]
diastrophism1890
tectonism1949
tectonization1959
1890 G. K. Gilbert Lake Bonneville i. 3 (note) (Funk) It is convenient also to divide diastrophism into orogeny..and epeirogeny.
1896 J. W. Powell in Physiogr. U.S. (National Geogr. Soc.) 23 Regions sink, and regions rise, and the upheaval and subsidence may be called diastrophism, and we have diastrophic processes.
Derivatives
diastrophic adj. /daɪəˈstrɒfɪk/ of or pertaining to diastrophism.
/daɪəˈstrɒfɪk/ of or pertaining to diastrophism.ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adjective]
geotectonic1858
diastrophic1881
tectonic1894
volcano-tectonic1907
synkinematic1932
post-tectonic1938
tectonical1939
syntectonic1942
palaeotectonic1947
1881 J. Milne in Nature 6 Dec. 126/1 Others [sc. earthquake shocks] again are compounded of direct and transverse motions, and might therefore be called diastrophic.
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