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Epeirogeny vs Orogeny - What's the difference?

epeirogeny | orogeny |

As nouns the difference between epeirogeny and orogeny

is that epeirogeny is broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents while orogeny is the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

epeirogeny

English

Noun

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  • (geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents

    • orogeny

    English

    Noun

    (orogenies)
  • (geology) the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.
  • *2004 , Richard Fortey, The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 102:
  • *:When I asked Geoff Milnes what age the rocks were before they were turned into uncompromising gneisses by the Alpine orogeny he made a rueful face.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "orogeny")