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neotectonics.

A subdiscipline of tectonics involving the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust which are current or recent in geologic time.

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noun
  1. A subdiscipline of tectonics involving the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust which are current or recent in geologic time.

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From neo- + tectonics.

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