Alpine orogeny - Alpine orogeny

Japanese: アルプス型造山運動 - あるぷすがたぞうざんうんどう
Alpine orogeny - Alpine orogeny

…The Hohe Tauern region in central Austria is said to be where rocks from the Pennine belt of the Western Alps emerge into the Eastern Alps. Mountain building that creates nappes and overturning folds like these is called Alpine orogeny. In Japan, large-scale recumbent folds are known in the Akiyoshi Plateau, and the Akiyoshi orogeny was named after the crustal movement that created these structures. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Alpine orogeny" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…オーストリア中央部のホーエ・タウエルン地域は,西アルプスのペンニン帯の岩石が東アルプスの中に顔を出しているところといわれている。このようなナップやおしかぶせ褶曲を作るような造山運動をアルプス型造山運動とよぶ。日本でも秋吉台に大規模な横臥褶曲が知られており,秋吉造山運動の名がこのような構造をつくる地殻変動に対して名付けられた。…

※「アルプス型造山運動」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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