Earth was in the throes of tectonic upheaval.

地球正处于板块剧烈变化中。

Such events have caused a tectonic shift in the public understanding of data collection.

这些事件已经导致公众对数据收集的理解发生了结构性转变。

The Earth's outermost surface is made up of large tectonic plates.

地球最外层由大型的地壳板块构成。

This an animated computer model that shows the movement of tectonic plates.

这是一个显示板块构造运动的计算机动画模型。

Japan, which lies at the crossing of four tectonic plates, endures about 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes, frequently jolting Tokyo and other major cities where buildings are made to be tremor resistant.

日本于地壳四大板块的交会点上，上20%的强烈地震的影响。地震频繁侵扰东京和其他几个主要城市，里的建筑物都被设计为抗震型的。

While Dubai is not situated on a tectonic fault line, it does experience earthquakes.

虽然迪于地震断层线上，但确实会发生地震。

In fact, the Ring of Fire, a path that traces the boundaries between several tectonic plates around the Pacific Ocean, contains about 75 percent of the planet's volcanoes.

事实上，这条火山带，即环绕太平洋周围几个构造板块边的带状区域，涵盖了地球上大约75%的火山。

After all, earthquakes on our planet occur due to the movement of tectonic plates.

毕竟，地球上的地震是由板块运动引起的。

That's because we've got a lot of tectonic plates moving around across this region, we've got a lot of rift zones, and this is illustrative of just how devastating these earthquakes can be.

因为这个区域有很多构造板块运动发生，这里也有很多裂谷带，这显示了这些地震的破坏性有多大。

It covered everything from the geochemistry to plate tectonics, to microscopic images of its rocks.

它涵盖了从地球化学到板块构造，再到岩石的微观图像的所有内容。

The idea of sea-floor spreading actually preceded the theory of plate tectonics.

海床扩展说实际上早于板块结构理论。

The country is physiographically located in the continent of North America because it lies on the North American Tectonic plate, between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans – making it a point of interest for the United States.

从自然地理学角度看，格陵兰岛于北美洲，因为它坐落在北美板块之上，介于北冰洋和大西洋之间，这也使其成为美国的一个关注焦点。

The tectonics trembled tons of stone and nearly decapitated a sculpture.

这些板块撼动了数吨的石头，几乎毁掉了一座雕塑。

The picturesque island sits near the boundary of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.

这座风景如画的岛屿正于非洲板块与欧亚板块交带。

And that tectonic smash is actually still continuing.

这种构造冲击实际上仍在继续。

But it eventually split off in a process called plate tectonics.

但它最终在一种被称为板块构造的过程中分裂出来。

Our Tectonic forces had helped to explain what made this current presidency even Possible.

我们的结构性力量帮助解释了是什么让现任总统成为可能。

At 7cm a year, this makes it the fastest moving tectonic plate on earth.

每年7厘米的速度，使其成为地球上移动最快的板块。

The Earth's tectonic plates are still moving.

地球构造板块也一直都在停地移动。

" Earth, with plate tectonics and water, has this easy way of making granite all the time, " says planetary scientist Matthew Siegler of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, who helped spot the granite on the moon.

亚利桑州图森市行星科学研究所的行星科学家马修·西格勒帮助发现了月球上的花岗岩，他说：“地球有板块构造和水，一直都很容易形成花岗岩。”