English Explanatory Dictionary

orocline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.
  2. Any mountain belt with significant curvature.

Word forms

orocline oroclines

Etymology

Coined by Carey in 1955. ("The orocline concept in geotectonics", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 255-288)

Related words

orogenesis orogenous orogeny

Derived words

oroclinal
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