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crustal movement

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Noun1.crustal movement - movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

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In addition, the distribution and amount of displacement of the identified surface fault roughly corresponded to the those of crustal movements during the earthquake analyzed from satellite observations, as well as to the under-ground rupture process that was analyzed from seismic waves.
But preliminary conclusions, based on examinations of rocks and fossils of microscopic organisms from different sediment layers, shed new light on old crustal movement (plate tectonic) and long-ago climatic changes.
 
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