If you mean 'plate tectonics', that is the geology of the earth's covering plates and how they move.
The dictionary definition of geologist is a specialist in geology
They are the means by which plates of the lithoshpere move.
In theory, tectonic plates. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
it means "Has lots of earth in it"
A rift forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling apart.
The geological definition of pinch out is thinning or shortening out. This can be used in reference to structural geology.
The movements of the pacific and north American plates produced California's major geological features
to move away
The three tectonic plates that affect California's geology are the North American plate, the Pacific plate and the Gorda plate (which is sometimes referred to as the souther portion of the Juan de Fuca plate).
Containing chalk, - or in geology, the last period of the Mesozoic Era.
when plates collide. They push each other up and create mountains.