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Orogen vs Orogeny - What's the difference?

orogen | orogeny |

In geology terms the difference between orogen and orogeny

is that orogen is the rock deformed by an orogeny while orogeny is the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

orogen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) The rock deformed by an orogeny
  • A mountain pass.

    • Anagrams

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    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")