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{{short description|The portion of the total geologic uplift of the mean earth surface that is not attributable to an isostatic response to unloading}}
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[[Image:Kupe's Sail-20070331.jpg|thumb|[[Kupe's Sail]] at [[Palliser Bay]] in [[New Zealand]]{{clarify |date=January 2017 |reason=clarify how the content of this photo is relevant to tectonic uplift}}]]
'''Tectonic uplift''' is [[geologic uplift]] of the [[Earth surface]] that is attributed to [[plate tectonics]]. While isostatic response is important, an increase in the mean elevation of a region can only occur in response to tectonic processes of [[crustal thickening]] (such as [[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]].
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