orogenic sediment

Any sediment that is produced as the result of an orogeny or that is directly attributable to the orogenic region in which it is later found.

Related terms:

• Orogenic Belt
• orogenic cycle
• orogenic unconformity
• sediment discharge
• relict sediment
• sediment-delivery ratio
• sediment concentration
• sediment-production rate
• mechanical sediment
• sediment-transport rate