Meaning Of The Word Epeirogeny

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What's The Definition Of Epeirogeny?

epeirogeny in American English
movements of uplift or depression affecting large areas of the earth's crust and producing continents, ocean basins, etc.
noun: vertical or tilting movement of the earth's crust, generally affecting broad areas of a continent

epeirogeny in British English
noun: the formation and submergence of continents by broad relatively slow displacements of the earth's crust

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