名詞 diastrophism:

1. the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust

di.as.tro.phism

n.（名詞）
The process of deformation by which the major features of the earth`s crust, including continents, mountains, ocean beds, folds, and faults, are formed.
地殼變動：地殼上大陸、山脈、海床、褶皺和斷層等主要地貌形成的變形過程

來源：
From Greek diastrophô [distortion]
源自 希臘語 diastrophô [變形]
from diastrephein [to distort]
源自 diastrephein [委屈]
dia- [apart] * see dia-
dia- [分開] *參見 dia-
strephein [to twist] * see streb(h)-
strephein [扭曲] *參見 streb(h)-

【引伸】
di.astroph.ic