orocline.
A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.
Meaning & usage
A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.
Any mountain belt with significant curvature.
Where this word comes from
Coined by Carey in 1955. ("The orocline concept in geotectonics", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 255-288)
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