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{{Short description|Geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics}}

[[File:Loon 7 earthquake.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Former sea bottom that raised during the [[2013 Bohol earthquake]] - the water used to extend to the mangroves at right]]

'''Tectonic uplift''' is the [[orogeny|geologic uplift]] of [[Earth#Surface|Earth's surface]] that is attributed to [[plate tectonics]]. While [[Isostasy|isostatic]] response is important, an increase in the mean elevation of a region can only occur in response to tectonic processes of [[Thrust tectonics|crustal thickening]] (such as [[Mountain formation|mountain building]] events), changes in the density distribution of the crust and underlying [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]], and flexural support due to the bending of rigid [[lithosphere]].