Tectonophysics

Tectonophysics, a branch of geophysics, is the study of the physical processes that underlie tectonic deformation. This includes measurement or calculation of the stress- and strain fields on Earth’s surface and the rheologies of the crust, mantle, lithosphere and asthenosphere.[1]

  1. ^ Foulger, Gillian R. (2021), "The Plate Theory for Volcanism", Encyclopedia of Geology, Elsevier, pp. 879–890, doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-102908-4.00105-3, ISBN 978-0-08-102909-1, retrieved 2023-10-23

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