| 单词 |
orogenetic |
| 释义 |
orogenetic, a. Geol.|ɒrəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk| [f. orogenesis + -genetic.] = orogenic a.
1888J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 441 Orogenetic, that which relates to the formation of mountains. 1925J. Joly Surface-Hist. Earth i. 24 The orogenetic movements which developed the Appalachians. 1956Nature 28 Jan. 156/2 The rate of cooling [of the earth] was greater in the past.., and this suggests that orogenetic activity may have decreased. 1970R. J. Small Study of Landforms iii. 89 Over much of the earth compressive forces in the crust, stemming mainly from orogenetic movements of diverse age, have produced folding of sedimentary strata. Hence orogeˈnetically adv.
1923Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXXIV. 158 There must have been another crustal element orogenetically connected with it. 1949Ibid. LX. 1756/2 He is..strongly convinced..that the anorogenetic periods were of long duration, as against the short orogenetically active phases. |

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