plication

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Lastly, at intervals, probably separated from each other by vast periods of time, the terrestrial crust undergoes intense plication and fracture, and is consequently ridged up into mountain-chains.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

One of these lines girdles the whole globe, while others lie in certain directions more or less coincident with lines of flexure, plication or faulting.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward

As regards its origin, the author regards it as a "plication hollow," or a trough produced by the formation of two mountain ridges, afterward modified by glacial agency.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

Multiplicate: with many longitudinal folds or lines of plication.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Besides such intense plication, extensive rupturing of the crust has taken place in the same range of mountains.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various