TECTONICS AND GEODYNAMICS AT MODERN STAGE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY QUESTIONS
Periods, priorities and trends in the development of geological sciences and in particular, tectonics and geodynamics are given, and specifics of the current phase are presented. Conceptions of the geological environment and the increasing integration of geology with the «exact sciences» and the conversion from narrative period to the reconstruction of the processes and mechanisms are considered. The role of Tectonophysics plays a great role as symbiosis of geology and physics is shown.