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What kinds of evidence do geologists use to determine whether an area was subjected to an orogeny?
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What plate tectonics occured while the iapetus ocean closed?
Taconian orogeny and Acadian orogeny
What is the plural of orogeny?
Orogenies
What is associated with the process of subduction?
Vulcanism and Orogeny
Which of phenomena is responsible for the formation of the highest mountains?
Orogeny (mountain building process) is responsible for formation of high mountains. Tectonism also helps in facilitating the activities of orogeny.
What two types of deformation in Earth's crust?
orogeny and epeirogeny
The presence of many metamorphic rocks in Virginia is an indication that the area has been subjected to?
Orogeny.
What are produced by the process of orogeny?
Mountains are formed by the process of orogeny.
Which geographic region contains the oldest mountain range in north America?
It is the Appalachian Mountians. Which consist of: Taconic Orogeny (Ordovician);Acadian Orogeny (Devonian);Caledonian Orogeny (Silurian); Allegheny Orogeny (Pennsylvanian & Permian).
Origin of the word orogeny?
orogeny come from the Greek oros meaning 'mountain'
What plate tectonics occured while the iapetus ocean closed?
Taconian orogeny and Acadian orogeny
What is the plural of orogeny?
Orogenies
When did the Appalachian orogeny occur?
never
What is Mountain building is referred to as?
An Orogeny
What does orogeny refer to?
mountains building
What is the definition of orogeny?
Orogeny is the process of mountain building through tectonic plate movement, collision, and deformation of the Earth's crust. It involves the folding, faulting, and uplifting of rocks to form mountain ranges.
Ended with the Taconian Orogeny?
Ordovician period
What process causes mountain building?
Orogeny.
