Definition of Orogenetic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orogenetic

orocline
oroclines
orodigitofacial
orodigitofacial dysostosis
orodispersable
orodispersible
orofacial
orofacial fistula
orofaciodigital syndrome
orogastric
orogen
orogeneses
orogenesis
orogenetic (current term)
orogenic
orogenies
orogens
orogeny
orographer
orographers
orographic
orographical
orographies
orography
orohippus
oroide
oroides

Literary usage of Orogenetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"This, however, includes the hypothesis, not in itself improbable, of a localization of the orogenetic movement, since the definitely known Devonian deposits ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"... the orogenetic movements and the changes of level connected with them were, after the first great subsidence of the Caribbean basin, more or less local ..."

3. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"... deposits were formed during the great orogenetic disturbance, which falls between the end of the Paleozoic and the beginning of the Trias and which was ..."

4. The Natural History of Igneous Rocks by Alfred Harker (1909)
"The fact that, where adjacent regions or provinces are sharply divided, the boundary is some important orographic line, clearly indicates the orogenetic ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"In other words, the classification should express the chrono-orogenetic origin of the oils. For instance, in the Ohio Basin province, a subprovince would be ..."

6. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Eduard Suess (1906)
"In the west, during the accumulation of these deposits, orogenetic movements took place only in the Green mountains, and flat-bedded Palaeozoic sediments ..."

7. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"... and orogenetic movements can occasion a far greater subsidence of parts of the crust than the process of sedimentation by itself. ..."

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