orogeny

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

   “Coordinate term: taphrogeny”

   “The effects of Acadian orogeny are concentrated in central Newfoundland, decreasing in intensity to the east and west (Williams, this volume).”

   “When I asked Geoff Milnes what age the rocks were before they were turned into uncompromising gneisses by the Alpine orogeny he made a rueful face.”