telogenetic

Meaning

Adjective

• Related to or arising during telogenesis, the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks are subject to uplift.
• Related to or arising during telogenesis, the final growth state of a hair or feather follicle.

Origin

• telo- + genetic, thus "caused at the end".
• Coined in the geological sense by Choquette & Lloyd (1970), "Geologic Nomenclature and Classification of Porosity in Sedimentary Carbonates", AAPG Bulletin 54.