"tectonism" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "Next Reports Climatic Limits on Landscape Development in the Northwestern Himalaya Nicholas Brozovi, * Douglas W. Burbank, Andrew J. Meigs The interaction between tectonism and erosion produces rugged landscapes in actively deforming regions.",
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          "ref": "1997 August 15, John N. Christensen et al., “Climate and Ocean Dynamics and the Lead Isotopic Records in Pacific Ferromanganese Crusts”, in Science, volume 277, number 5328, →DOI, pages 913–918:",
          "text": "Furthermore, changes in continental weathering and riverine contributions to the oceans may also be linked with climate, and hydrothermal inputs vary with tectonism.",
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          "text": "The thick lithosphere predicted by these models appears to be inconsistent with even a low level of ongoing volcanism and tectonism.",
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