tectonostratigraphic
/tɛkˌtɒnə(ʊ)ˌstratɪˈɡrafɪk
/adjective Geology
Relating to the correlation of rock formations with each other in terms of their connection with a tectonic event: tectonostratigraphic evolution of sedimentary assemblages...
- The complicated, varied and protracted history of the Sub-Andean Belt necessitates a brief overview of the principal tectonic events influential in the tectonostratigraphic evolution of its foreland basins.
- Assuming our favoured out-of-sequence thrust model, we infer the following tectonostratigraphic events.
- Based on tectonostratigraphic, palaeomagnetic and palacobiogeographical studies, complex assemblies of terranes have been recognized.
Origin
1970s: from tectonics + stratigraphic (see stratigraphy).