orogenesis

Noun.  (geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust. See also orogeny.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.