Editing Tectonophysics (section)

{{Short description|Study of the physical processes that underlie tectonic deformation}}
{{For|the scientific journal|Tectonophysics (journal)}}
'''Tectonophysics''', a branch of [[geophysics]], is the study of the physical processes that underlie [[tectonics|tectonic]] deformation. This includes measurement or calculation of the [[Stress (mechanics)|stress]]- and [[Strain (mechanics)|strain]] fields on [[Earth’s surface]] and the [[Rheology|rheologies]] of the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]], [[lithosphere]] and [[asthenosphere]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Foulger |first=Gillian R. |title=The Plate Theory for Volcanism |date=2021 |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780081029084001053 |work=Encyclopedia of Geology |pages=879–890 |access-date=2023-10-23 |publisher=Elsevier |language=en |doi=10.1016/b978-0-08-102908-4.00105-3 |isbn=978-0-08-102909-1|url-access=subscription }}</ref>