#epeirogenic_movement

Epeirogenic movement

Upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding

In geology, epeirogenic movement is upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding apart from broad undulations. The broad central parts of continents are called cratons, and are subject to epeirogeny. The movement may be one of subsidence toward, or of uplift from, the center of Earth. The movement is caused by a set of forces acting along an Earth radius, such as those contributing to isostasy and faulting in the lithosphere.

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