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The Wikipedia article on orogeny, consulted for its definition as a mountain-building process at convergent plate margins, its 1890 naming by G. K. Gilbert, and the multi-million-year timescale of the Laramide orogeny.

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Wikimedia Foundation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orogeny
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
2
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Orogeny (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)

This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Physical Processes, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Landforms, 3 claims: 3 holds.

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10

Physical Processes

General References

3

Physical Processes

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