The study of the processes involved in the most recent tectonism and their effects. The term is usually applied to Late Cenozoic events. See alsoseismotectonics.
Geography
The study of the causes and effects of the movement of the Earth’s crust in the Neogene, i.e. the late Cenozoic era. See Székely et al. (2002) EGU Stephan Mueller Spec. Pub. Sers. 3 on neotectonic movements and their geomorphic response.