orogenic cycle

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 376 words | Copyright

orogenic cycle An obsolete concept, linked to geosynclinal theory, that several sequential phases were involved in the formation of an orogenic belt. Many authors produced variations, but most cycles began with a geosynclinal phase (mainly subsidence and sedimentation), followed by an orogenic phase (mainly compression), and ended with a post-orogenic phase (mainly uplift).

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