Coordinate term: taphrogeny
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Orogeny
/ɒˈɹɒdʒɪni/
Synonyms for "orogeny" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
crustal deformation episodemountain building
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
named orogenic episode
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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More general
5 entriesgeologic eventgeologic processgeological processtectonic eventtectonic process
More specific
6 entriesAndean orogenyCaledonian orogenyCordilleran orogenyHercynian orogenyHimalayan orogenyVariscan orogeny
Collocations
6 entriesCaledonian orogenyHimalayan orogenyaccretionary orogenyorogenic beltorogenic deformationorogenic uplift
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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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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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In Canada the fold-thrust belt formed during what is termed the Columbian orogeny (Monger and Price, 2002). Because the Sevier and Columbian orogenies were contemporaneous and constitute a single continuous and linear belt of rocks and structures, I use the term Cordillera orogeny to refer to the Cretaceous deformation that created the entire belt, whereas the term Laramide is used only to refer to a series of Late Cretaceous—Tertiary basement-involved uplifts, for the most part located in the Rocky Mountain foreland east of the fold-thrust belt and mainly south of the Lewis and Clark lineament (Fig. 1) in keeping with the original definition by Armstrong (1968).
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