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orogen

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[awr-uh-jen, -juhn, ohr-] / ˈɔr əˌdʒɛn, -dʒən, ˈoʊr- /

noun

Geology.

  1. an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.

Etymology

Origin of orogen

< German (1921); see oro- 1, -gen

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Tectonic history of the south Central-American orogen, in Childs and Beebe eds.,

From Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México by Lynch, John D.

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