Assignment No: 16

Semester :1

Subject: Tectonic

Submitted by :Fazlullah

Submitted to : professor Sohial Wahid sb

Topic

Geological Techniques in Tectonics

Geology researchers in Tectonics aims at unraveling the relationships between earthquakes and
aseismic fault slip, fault properties, crustal deformation and landscape evolution. Faculty in this
area use a broad range of techniques to document active deformation (seismology, GPS geodesy,
remote sensing, morphotectonics), and the structure and long-term deformation history of the
crust (structural geology, seismic imaging, thermochonology, metamorphic petrology). They also
resort to numerical modeling of both short term and longer-term geodynamic processes.
Tectonics at Caltech is closely linked to geophysics, seismology and geodynamic modeling in
particular.

By the following types of tectonics we interpret different technique for indicating ,occurring and
measuring the nature of tectonics

Salt tectonics

Salt tectonics is concerned with the structural geometries and deformation processes associated
with the presence of significant thicknesses of rock salt within a sequence of
rocks. This is due both to the low density of salt, which does not increase with burial, and its low
strength.

Neotectonics

Neotectonics is the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust (geological and
geomorphological processes) that are current or recent in geological time.The term may also
refer to the motions and deformations themselves. The corresponding time frame is referred to as
the neotectonic period. Accordingly, the preceding time is referred to as palaeotectonic period.

Tectonophysics

Tectonophysics is the study of the physical processes associated with deformation of the crust
and mantle from the scale of individual mineral grains up to that of tectonic plates.

Seismotectonics

Seismotectonics is the study of the relationship between earthquakes, active tectonics, and
individual faults in a region. It seeks to understand which faults are responsible for seismic
activity in an area by analysing a combination of regional tectonics, recent instrumentally
recorded events, accounts of historical earthquakes, and geomorphological evidence. This
information can then be used to quantify the seismic hazard of an area.

Planetary tectonics

Techniques used in the analysis of tectonics on Earth have also been applied to the study of the
planets and their moons.

References

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics

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