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单词 plate-tectonic
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Definition of plate-tectonic in English:

plate-tectonic

adjective
  • See plate tectonics

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next are three chapters that deal with the origin of magmas, magmatic differentiation, and plate-tectonic settings related to magma generation.
    • Oil and natural gas are the products of the deep burial and decomposition of accumulated organic material in geologic basins that flank mountain ranges formed by plate-tectonic processes.
    • They also argue that the hot surface layer would have been too buoyant to sink in subduction zones, and without sinking plates, the whole plate-tectonic cycle grinds to a halt.
    • ‘It solves, in a sense, this 30-year mystery of how the East African rift fits in kinematically in the plate-tectonic scheme,’ says Gordon.
    • His introduction gives an overview of geologic time, plate-tectonic history, and glaciers to set the stage for the rest of the book.
 
 

Definition of plate-tectonic in US English:

plate-tectonic

adjective
  • See plate tectonics

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They also argue that the hot surface layer would have been too buoyant to sink in subduction zones, and without sinking plates, the whole plate-tectonic cycle grinds to a halt.
    • Oil and natural gas are the products of the deep burial and decomposition of accumulated organic material in geologic basins that flank mountain ranges formed by plate-tectonic processes.
    • Next are three chapters that deal with the origin of magmas, magmatic differentiation, and plate-tectonic settings related to magma generation.
    • ‘It solves, in a sense, this 30-year mystery of how the East African rift fits in kinematically in the plate-tectonic scheme,’ says Gordon.
    • His introduction gives an overview of geologic time, plate-tectonic history, and glaciers to set the stage for the rest of the book.
 
 
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