German: GebirgshebungEnglish translation: orogenesis (mountain-building) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Gebirgshebung | | English translation: | orogenesis (mountain-building) | | Entered by: | Rowan Morrell |
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Science - Geology / Historical Trail Audio | | German term or phrase: Gebirgshebung | "Durch die ***Gebirgshebung***, Verschiebungen und Erosion treten tektonisch tiefe Gebirgsteile an die Oberfläche. Wir sehen dabei interessanterweise ältere Gesteinsablagerungen wie Gneis über jüngeren wie den Gesteinen der Oberen Schieferhülle."
Talking about an Austrian Alpine region's geological features for an historical trail audio. I can't find a translation for "Gebirgshebung", and am not sure what it means exactly. Mountain elevation, perhaps? TIA for your assistance. |
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 Alan Johnson
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| Note from asker to answerer"Mountain-building" gets a lot more hits than "mountain folding", and seems semantically closer to "orogenesis", so I'll use that. Many thanks Alan, but thanks also to Ingeborg for a most useful peer grade comment and gfish for a plausible and well-referenced suggestion. Appreciate everyone's help.
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| Orogenesis (mountain-building)
Explanation:
Is the scientific term, but you may want to use mountain-building.
Reference: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/...
| Alan Johnson
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| Note from asker to answerer| "Mountain-building" gets a lot more hits than "mountain folding", and seems semantically closer to "orogenesis", so I'll use that. Many thanks Alan, but thanks also to Ingeborg for a most useful peer grade comment and gfish for a plausible and well-referenced suggestion. Appreciate everyone's help. |
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