Multiple Choice
Orogenesis refers to
A) the beginning of extensive faulting.
B) a general term for the beginning of a mountain-building episode that thickens continental crust.
C) a general thinning of the crust.
D) the formation of mountains faulting, folding, or the capture of migrating terranes.
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