tectonic province
C22260
concept
A tectonic province is a large region of the Earth's crust characterized by a distinct and relatively uniform structural style, geologic history, and tectonic setting.
Observed surface forms (7)
- tectonic zone ×5
- geological zone ×4
- regional geology ×2
- geologic belt ×1
- oceanic tectonic region ×1
- structural zone ×1
- tectonic province margin ×1
Instances (19)
- Andean foreland
- North Sea rift system
- Saxothuringian Zone via concept surface "geological zone"
- Eastern California Shear Zone via concept surface "tectonic zone"
- Walker Lane belt via concept surface "tectonic zone"
- Appalachian geology via concept surface "regional geology"
- California Borderland region
- Geology of Kent via concept surface "regional geology"
- Pieniny Klippen Belt via concept surface "tectonic zone"
- Pelagonian Zone via concept surface "geological zone"
- Ionian Zone via concept surface "geological zone"
- Crimean seismic zone via concept surface "tectonic zone"
- Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield
- Midcontinent Granite-Rhyolite Province margins via concept surface "tectonic province margin"
- Vilyuy region
- Kermadec–Taupō volcanic region via concept surface "tectonic zone"
- Cocos Plate tectonic province
- Rhenohercynian Zone via concept surface "geological zone"
- Southern Pyrenees axial zone via concept surface "structural zone"