A Preliminary Report on Research, Documentation, and Deconstruction of Tectonic Patriarchy and Gender Bias SK Shultz, H Brown, KJ Kelly, and OP Whiddon Abstract The well-established study of plate tectonics provides geologists with the explanations for many geological occurrences which previously had suffered from misunderstanding, misinterpretation or misrepresentation, including the existence of hydrothermal vents and…