orocline

马蹄形山系

词形变化

oroclines 复数 oroclines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.

    地质
  2. 2.

    Any mountain belt with significant curvature.

    地质

词源

Coined by Carey in 1955. ("The orocline concept in geotectonics", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 255-288)

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