There are four general steps you take in any needs assessment: 1  First, you need to identify your organization's needs or gaps hindering the organization from moving from its current state to its desired future state. 2  You will then develop a research plan setting the scope of your research.
plate tectonics - the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust. plate tectonic theory, tectonics. geomorphology, morphology - the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms.
Plate Tectonics is a theory developed in the late 1960s, to explain how the outer layers of the Earth move and deform. The theory has caused a revolution in the way we think about the Earth. Since the development of the theory, geologists have had to reexamine almost every aspect of Geology. Plate tectonics has proven to be so useful that it can predict geologic events and explain almost all aspects of what we see on the Earth.