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Orogeny - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun orogeny

is the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

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.

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    * (wikipedia "orogeny")

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.