Question

What is the process of mountain building known as? ​

Answer 1

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In these regions geologists find rocks similar to those making up modern mountain ranges, and in the very youngest parts of North America, mountains are still growing. These observations suggest that mountain building, a process geologists call "orogeny" is an essential part of continental growth.

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Answer 2

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Orogeny is the process of mountain building, and may be studied as a tectonic structural event, as a geographical event and a chronological event, in that orogenic events cause distinctive structural phenomena and related tectonic activity, affect certain regions of rocks and crust and happen within a time frame.