neotectonics
/ˌniːə(ʊ)tɛkˈtɒnɪks/Geology
noun
The branch of geology concerned with structural changes in the earth's crust which have occurred in the Cenozoic period (and especially in or after the Miocene epoch). Also: such crustal changes collectively, or structural features resulting from them.
Origin
1950s. From neo- + tectonics, after Russian neotektonika.
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