» This article discusses the geologic usage, for the philosophical or architectural usage see: Architectonics:Or see plate tectonics. Tectonics, (from the Greek for "builder", tekton), is a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the crust of the Earth (or other planets) and particularly with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures. Tectonics is concerned with the orogenies and tectonic development of cratons and te… (More on Tectonic)