plate tectonic theory

1. A key aspect of plate tectonic theory is that on geologic time scales ocean basins are transient features, opening and closing as plates shift.
   板块运动理论的一个关键点就是在地质历史的尺度内，海洋盆地的开合是因为板块转换，具有转换特征。
2. A hypothetical continent that ( according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia.
   板块构造学说中一个假想的大陆，后来分裂成亚、欧、北美的古大陆。
3. A hypothetical continent that ( according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica.
   板块构造学说中假想的一个大陆，后来分裂成印巴次大陆和澳洲以及非洲和南美洲。
4. The academic opinions related to large igneous provinces propose a set of mechanisms to explain continental growth, recycling of crustal materials and metallogenesis, and these mechanisms are entirely different from those of the plate tectonic theory.
   大火成岩省学说所解释的大陆增长、地壳物质返回地幔和成矿作用过程完全不同于板块构造学说。
5. Based on the data collected in the recent years by the scientific expedition in the Qinghai-Xizang region, the principal structural features of Himalayas and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau are discussed from viewpoint of plate tectonic theory.
   本文根据近年来对青藏高原广泛开展的考察所积累起来的实际材料，以板块构造观点，简要讨论了青藏高原主要构造特征。
6. Plate tectonic theory: a serious challenge
   板块构造学说面临的挑战
7. The plate tectonic theory represents a major scientific achievement in the twentieth century.
   板块构造理论为20世纪取得的重大科学成就。
8. This paper summarizes the recent developments in metallogenetic regularities and predictions in the western countries from three directions: ( 1) using plate tectonic theory as the theoretical foundation of metallogenetic regularities and predictions;
   本文从三个方向总结了近年来西方国家在成矿规律和成矿预测方面的发展：（1）利用板块构造理论作为成矿规律和成矿预测的理论思想；
9. The generation of the plate tectonic theory emblematized a revolution in geosciences development history, it creates profound influences on development trends of the contemporary geosciences theoretical studies.
   它的诞生标志着地学发展史上一场革命，并对当代地学理论研究发展趋势，产生深远影响。
10. The plate tectonic theory reveals the seafloor spreading and plate lateral movement, and illustrates magmatism related to plate boundaries.
    板块构造学说揭示了海底扩张和板块的水平运动现象，阐明了与板块边界相联系的岩浆活动。
11. It is difficult to explain the evolution by means of the traditionally plate tectonic theory.
    传统板块理论连续作用的构造模式，难以对此作出全面解释。
12. Genetic model of Qiyugou type gold deposit is proposed and prospecting direction was pointed out according to plate tectonic theory.
    以板块构造理论为指导，建立了矿床的形成模式，并指出找矿方向。

noun

1. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

   Synonym:    tectonicsplate tectonics