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postorogenic

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postorogenic [‚pōst‚ȯr·ə′jen·ik]
(geology)
Of a geologic process or event, occurring after a period of orogeny.


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As the Saaremaa zone crosscuts the post-orogenic plutonic rocks, it can be considered as formed during postorogenic and anorogenic faulting phases.
Beginning with physical parameters, the list also included important aspects of orogenic and postorogenic evolution.
In cases of small units, as the rapakivi intrusions and postorogenic granitoids the spatial configuration was taken from the Map of the Precambrian Basement (Koistinen 1994).
 
 
 
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