placa tectónica

placa tectónica

A segment of the lithosphere.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Anthropology
Category: Cultural anthropology
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

placas tectónicas

Biology; Cell biology

Segments of the lithosphere that comprise the surface of the Earth much the way a turtle shell is composed of its plates.

placas tectónicas

Biology; General

The movement of the plates that make up the surface of the Earth. The revolutionary paradigm in geology that the earth's crust is composed of rigid segments (plates) in constant ...

placas tectónicas

Biology; General

Segments of the lithosphere that comprise the surface of the Earth much the way a turtle shell is composed of its plates.

Placas tectónicas

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

La teoría de que la superficie de la Tierra está dividida en una cantidad de placas que se mueven cada una en relación con la otra. Algunas de estas placas dan soporte a los ...

tectónica

Astronomy; Planetary science

General term referring to the large-scale change of rock in response to forces causing faulting and folding. The forces acting upon a rock mass are generally termed compressional ...

paleoentomología

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The study of insects from archaeological contexts. The survival of insect exoskeletons, which are quite resistant to decomposition, is an important source of evidence in the ...

antropología

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The study of humanity - our physical characteristics as animals, and our unique non-biological characteristics we call culture. The subject is generally broken down into four ...

antropología cognitiva

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The study of how peoples of different cultures acquire information about the world (cultural transmission), how they process that information and reach decisions, and how they act ...

etnohistoria

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The study of ethnographic cultures through historical records.

osteología

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

osteology is the branch of medicine studying bones, from the Greek ''ostoun''=bone

estratigrafía

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The study and validation of stratification; the analysis in the vertical, time dimension, of a series of layers in the horizontal, space dimension. It is often used as a relative ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Tsveta Velikova

0
Terms
1
Blossaries
0
Followers

Industry/Domain: Food (other) Category: International dishes

moro de guandules

Moro de guandules (rice with pigeon peas) is a very traditional dish and everyone's favorite in the Dominican Republic. There isn't a festive day or a ...