11. The Temple was originally above ground, but tectonic forces had lowered it below sea level. 12. What is really at play here is the shifting tectonic forces of Communist Party politics. 13. Tectonic forces are causing the Cascade Peninsula to rise in step with the rising oceans.14. The rocks in the Rocky Mountains were formed before the mountains were raised by tectonic forces . 15. The same erosive and tectonic forces which elevated the Watchungs also served to raise the Metacomets. 16. The scientists set out to assess the tectonic forces that were threatening earthquakes throughout the region. 17. Seventeenth-century painters, by contrast, de-emphasize these oppositions so that, even when they are present, they lose their tectonic force . 18. The cycle of tectonic force being accumulated in elastic deformation and released in a sudden rebound is then repeated. 19. Unlike slot canyons like Antelope Canyon, which are directly tectonic forces ; only later was it worn smooth by water. 20. The area contains many fissures, natural caverns and small canyons which are the result of tectonic forces and erosion.
