In recent years, with a method called VLBI that uses quasar observations, and by GPS we have begun to understand the absolute movement of tectonic plates.
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Tectonic
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geological upheavalgeological upheaval indicatorslithosphericradicalstructuraltectonic upheavinguplift-related
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6 entriestectonic activitytectonic movementtectonic platestectonic regimetectonic shifttectonic stress
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Tectonic plates are pieces of the lithosphere.
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The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the tectonic plates of India and Eurasia about 50 million years ago.
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The surface of Mercury has been shaped by three processes: impact cratering where large objects struck the surface resulting in crater formation, volcanism where lava flooded the surface, and tectonic activity where the planet's crust moved in order to adjust to the planetary cooling and contracting.
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