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This relative thickness may be why compressional forces from the orogeny were mostly transmitted through the province instead of deforming it. en.wikipedia.org

These ideas had to be adjusted with plate tectonics as the mechanism of orogeny. en.wikipedia.org

In addition to orogeny, the orogen once formed is subject to other processes, such as sedimentation and erosion. en.wikipedia.org

When geothermal activity turns into orogeny (the formation of mountains), the mine is pushed out from the subterranean stratum and raised high up together. en.wikipedia.org

It is also found in alpine peridotite massifs that represent slivers of sub-continental mantle exposed during collisional orogeny. en.wikipedia.org

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