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“The plans to instrument all of Tibet are particularly ambitious and exciting, as this is one of the most tectonically active regions on Earth,” says James Hammond, a seismologist at Birkbeck, University of London.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

“Looking for places where geological activity expels this water, possibly the tectonically active Cerberus Fossae, is an alternative to looking for deep liquids. Planetary protection concerns would need to be addressed.”

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

These clays can be found in certain tectonically active regions today, and the scientists believe that smectite continues to sequester carbon, providing a natural, albeit slow-acting, buffer against humans' climate-warming activities.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

But it did not occur in the tectonically active region where most of the bigger quakes have been observed.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Iceland is split down the middle, which makes it tectonically half American and half European.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson