📚 noun • entry_id 28347
orogeny
/ɒˈɹɒdʒɪni/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
orogenia
The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.
Coordinate term: taphrogeny
The effects of Acadian orogeny are concentrated in central Newfoundland, decreasing in intensity to the east and west (Williams, this volume).
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