orogenesis
Noun
Meaning
orogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural orogeneses)
(geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.
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The orogenesis of high mountain ranges in the northeastern Japan started in Late Miocene and it lasts in Pliocene also.
What exactly happens in a specific orogen depends upon the strength and rheology of the continental lithosphere, and how these properties change during orogenesis.