According to Avsyuk , the oscillatory evolution of tidal forces in the Sun-Earth-Moon system should produce temporal cycles in the Earth's geodynamic processes and their latitudinal shifts in the geological time scale . The Phanerozoic history of the Earth includes phenomena of acceleration of tectonic motions that are marked in rock sequences of the Earth's crust by folding, angular unconformities, fault tectonics, emplacement of large and small intrusions, rock deformations, transgression-regression phases, and so on. Irregularity in the Earth's tectonic history is characterized by a cyclic pattern. In addition, periods of tectonic activation and intervals between tectonic cycles have different durations. An overview of cyclic manifestations in the Earth's tectonic history given in is devoted to analysis of the quasi-periodic tectonic activity (known as Wilson, Bertrand, and Stille cycles) with a significantly different duration. H. Stille considered the relatively short-term (～30 Ma) planetary oro-genic phases and divided them into epochs of relative tectonic repose.
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