In geology, epeirogenic movement is upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding apart from broad undulations. The broad central parts of continents are called cratons, and are subject to epeirogeny.

What is meant by epeirogenic?

: the deformation of the earth's crust by which the broader features of relief are produced.

What is epeirogenic process?

Epeirogenic processes involving uplift or warping of large parts of the earth's crust, thus it is a continental building process. They act along the earth's radius and thus are also called radial movements. When direction of movements is towards, it is subsidence.