orogeny

n. formation of mountains, process of mountain formation

Orogeny (Greek for "mountain generating") is the process of mountain building, and may be studied as a tectonic structural event, as a geographical event and a chronological event, in that orogenic events cause distinctive structural phenomena and related tectonic activity, affect certain regions of rocks and crust and happen within a time frame.
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Noun
1. the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
(hypernym) geological process, geologic process

orogeny /,ɔrə'dʤənisis/ (orogeny) /ɔ'rɔdʤini/
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