orogenesis
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See also: orogénesis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]orogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural orogeneses)
- (geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
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