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Orogeny (Wikipedia)
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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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PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orogeny
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier2
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- 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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