Hi Aydin,<br><br>Yeah, sounds like these definitions seem reasonable. They are definitely two different things. I&#39;d say Tectonics studies a process, structural geology describes a phenomenon. It&#39;s impossible to study Tectonics without Structural Geology, but it&#39;s equally impossible to fully characterize Tectonic processes by only studying the structural aspect of it (without, e.g. geochronology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleomagnetism, seismology, etc).<br>
<br>Microtectonics would simply study the processes at a small scale, not just structure, but also rheology, fluid-rock chemical interaction, etc etc.<br><br>Kind of the similar to the difference between micropaleontology and paleoclimate: you need the former to study the latter, but micropaleontology won&#39;t give you a full representation of paleoclimate evolution.<br>
<br>Cheers<br>Douwe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:37 AM, aydin CICEK <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind1111%26L%3DGEO-TECTONICS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D60516%26B%3D--00032555f6ea6d63ed04b0e59ea6%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Dear Ladies and Gentilmen,</div>
<div><br></div><div>What is the difference between Structural Geology and Tectonics?</div><div><br></div><div>If you say scaling is the main criteria to differentiate them. Then, what is a microtectonics?</div><div><br></div>
<div>I found some definitions:</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>Tectonics:</u></b> Geodynamic processes such as subduction, continental collision, extension, lithospheric delamination... etc.</div><div><b><u>Structural Geology:</u></b> Any geological feature having a definable geometry.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Are they ok or not?</div><div><br></div><div>I realized that the majority of my collugues confuse them. They use the terms as the same except scaling.</div><div><br></div><div>Full definitions will be great by giving references. </div>
<div><br></div><div>kind
 regards,</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.geologist.nl" target="_blank">http://www.geologist.nl</a><br>Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, PhD<div><br></div><div>Physics of Geological Processes (PGP)<br>
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