Geography A-Level
Tectonic changes
What Tectonic changes means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Tectonic changes
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Localised land movements from faulting or volcanic activity, altering relative sea levels.
Topics that use Tectonic changes
- Coastal landscape development (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Climate change
- Coastal deposition
- Coastlines of emergence
- Environmental vulnerability
- Eustatic change
- Geological structure and lithology
- Geomorphological processes
- Isostatic change
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