- epeirogenic movements
- Epirogenese; epirogenetische Bewegungen
English-German geography dictionary . V.M. Kotlyakov, A.I. Komarova. 2007.
epeirogenic movements
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epeirogeny — [ep΄ī räj′ə nē] n. [< Gr ēpeiros, mainland + GENY] movements of uplift or depression affecting large areas of the earth s crust and producing continents, ocean basins, etc. epeirogenic [e pī΄rō jen′ik] adj. epeirogenetic [e pī΄rōjə net′ik] … English World dictionary
