morphotectonics
/ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)tɛkˈtɒnɪks/Geology
noun
The branch of geomorphology concerned with the form and tectonic origins of large topographic features of the earth's surface (as continents, mountain ranges, river basins, etc.).
Origin
1950s. From morpho- + tectonics, after morphotectonic.
- principal plane
- principal point
- principal quantum number
- principal ray
- principal section
- principalship
- principal stress
- principal value
- principate
- principe
- principessa
- principial
- principiant
- principiate
- principiation
- principiative
- principium
- principium individuationis
- principle
- principled
- principledness
- principle of duality
- principle (or law) of parsimony
- pring
- pringle