Orogeny and Orogenic Cycle

1. OROGENY
AND
OROGENIC CYCLE

2. OROGENY
‘ORO’ - MOUNTAINS
‘GENY’ - ORIGIN
‘OROGENY’ - ORIGIN OF MOUNTAINS

4. Orogeny involves plate tectonics, the tectonic forces result in a variety of
associated phenomena, including crustal deformation, crustal thickening,
crustal thinning and crustal melting as well
as magmatism, metamorphism and mineralization. This exactly happens in a
specific orogen depends upon the strength and rheology of the continental
lithosphere.
In addition to orogeny, the orogen is subject to other processes, such
as sedimentation and erosion. The sequence of repeated cycles of
sedimentation, deposition and erosion, followed by metamorphism,
and then by crustal anatexis to form granitic batholiths and tectonic
uplift to form mountain chains, is called the orogenic cycle.
OROGENIC CYCLE

5. The processes of orogeny can take
millions of years (1 core) and build
mountains from what was
once sedimentary basins