| 单词 | epeirogenic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepeiroˈgenic epeiroˈgenic adj. [-genic comb. form] ΚΠ 1890 G. K. Gilbert Lake Bonneville viii. 340 I shall take the liberty to apply to the broader movements the adjective epeirogenic... The process of mountain formation is orogeny, the process of continent formation is epeirogeny, and the two collectively are diastrophism. 1894 Geol. Mag. 449 The gentle but varying amount of epeirogenic deformation. 1898 J. E. Marr Princ. Stratigr. Geol. 32 Those wide-spread, fairly uniform movements which are spoken of as epeirogenic or continent-forming. 1925 J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth x. 162 The relations which exist between epeirogenic movements and glacial phenomena. 1939 Nature 4 Feb. 184/1 So far as the post-Franciscan history of Southern California is concerned, tectonically comparable areas seem to have been affected at all times by orogenic and epeirogenic forces. < as lemmas |
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