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In a classical view, one cycle of orogeny includes a long series of events beginning with geosynclinal sedimentation, followed by phases of deformation, regional metamorphism, and plutonic intrusion, and ending with post-meta-morphic disturbances. The duration of a cycle is usually of the order of tens or hundreds of million years. In some regions, the-geosynclinal sedimentaton is followed immediately by tectonic disturbances and metamorphism. In other regions, there is so long a lapse of time between the end of sedimentation and metamorphism that the existence of genetic connection may well be doubted.
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Miyashiro, A. (1965). Some Important Problems in Metamorphic Geology. In: Metamorphism and Metamorphic Belts. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6836-6_4
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