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What are the difference between orogenic and epeirogenic crustal changes.

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Difference between them are: Orogeny is a mountain building process while epeirogeny is a continent building process. ... In orogeny the rock masses move in tangential direction to the earth's surface while in epeirogeny the rock masses move in radial or vertical direction to the earth's surface.

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