orogenic
Concerning mountain creation
Orogenic describes geological processes related to mountain formation.
When tectonic plates collide, compress, or fold, the resulting uplift and deformation is orogenic activity: the orogenic belt of the Himalayas, orogenic events that shaped the Appalachians.
The noun is orogeny.
Process of approaching sameness
- subductionPlate descending beneath another
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
- foldBend onto itself
thrust · fault · crustal · deformation · accretion · suture · lithosphere · asthenosphere
Heat-pressure mineral alteration
- recrystallizationPurification through dissolving and reforming
- foliationLeaf formation process
- schistPlaty-mineral metamorphic rock
- gneissFoliated metamorphic rock
amphibolite · pressure · temperature · grade · facies · granite · batholith · intrusion
convergence
Process of approaching sameness
- subductionPlate descending beneath another
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
fold · thrust · fault · crustal · deformation · accretion · suture · lithosphere · asthenosphere · isostasy
metamorphism
Heat-pressure mineral alteration
- recrystallizationPurification through dissolving and reforming
- foliationLeaf formation process
- schistPlaty-mineral metamorphic rock
gneiss · amphibolite · pressure · temperature · grade · facies · granite · batholith · intrusion · exhumation
fold
Bend onto itself
anticline · syncline · overturned · recumbent · shear · strain · stress · cleavage · lineation · duplex
mountainous
Having many peaks
valleys · cordillera · sierra · range · highlands · massif · summits · elevation · terrain · topography
orogenicerosional
Caused by gradual wearing
weathering · erosive · reductive · leveling