The Alpine orogeny, sometimes referred to as the Alpide orogeny, is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic and the current Cenozoic which has formed the...

building. The Alpine orogeny occurred in ongoing cycles through to the Paleogene causing differences in folded structures, with a late-stage orogeny causing...

Carboniferous Hercynian Orogeny Early Triassic Zagros rifting First (or early Oman) Alpine Orogeny Second (or late) Alpine Orogeny which led to the collection...

since. In between the zone of Alpine orogeny and North Sea Basin subsidence, highlands resulting from an earlier orogeny (Variscan) remained, such as the...

plate changed from a divergent to convergent plate boundary. The Alpine orogeny developed in response to the collision between the African and Eurasian...

Carpathian mountains were formed during the Alpine orogeny in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic by moving the ALCAPA (Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian), Tisza and Dacia...

more recent ones have been eroded by wind, weather and water since the Alpine orogeny about 35 million years ago. The mountains' geological history began...

years ago) period, tectonic activity increased again – just as the Alpine orogeny (Alps, Carpathians etc.) slowly came to an end. In that time, parts...

during the Alpine orogeny. A gap in these mountain chains in central Europe separates the Alps from the Carpathians to the east. Orogeny took place continuously...

The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern...

The Variscan orogeny, or Hercynian orogeny, was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia)...

basins in the North Midlands associated with this rift complex. The Alpine orogeny began 200 million years ago and continues to the present day. It comprises...

ridges over the entire Tethyan region, then "Alpine orogeny" is used collectively of all the orogenies required to create the Alpides, a definition that...

Himalayas. Hercynian orogeny - an orogeny that preceded the Cimmerian orogeny Alpine orogeny - an orogeny that succeeded the Cimmerian orogeny Golonka, J.; Embry...

Netherlands. Alpine orogeny started as early as the Mesozoic with the formation of the Alpide belt, some 200 Mya. Even earlier orogenies relevant for...

orogenies. Some orogenies encompass more than one continent and may have different names in each, and some very large orogenies include sub-orogenies...

feature belongs to a larger orogeny usually called the Gibraltar Arc, which represents the westernmost edge of the Alpine Orogeny. The geodynamic mechanisms...

Austroalpine nappes of the Eastern Alps were formed in the first, early, Eo-Alpine orogeny in the Early Cretaceous, 140-84 Ma (millions years ago). The Central...

distribution Alpine climate, climate that is typical to higher altitudes Alpine tundra, a type of natural region or biome Alpine orogeny, in geology Alpine Fault...

composed of gneisses (originally fragments of the African plate before the Alpine orogeny) from the Dent Blanche nappe, lying over ophiolites and sedimentary...

formed during the Miocene and was folded and metamorphosed during the Alpine orogeny around 60 million years ago. Thera is built upon a small non-volcanic...

stage of deformation during the Hercynian orogeny, but younger Alpine overprint is common. Alpine orogeny affected the area in several stages from Jurassic...

from the Eurasian to the Apulian Plate, pushed together during the Alpine orogeny. They comprise a Flysch zone and several crystalline rocks in geological...

England, including the Chalk, were gently folded during a phase of the Alpine Orogeny to produce the Weald-Artois Anticline, a dome-like structure with a...

Ireland and was later incorporated into the Alpine orogeny (external crystalline massifs) and Pyrenean orogeny. These ancient massifs form the pre-Permian...

the southern continental margin of the European continent. During the Alpine orogeny they were thrust north over a décollement and at the same time were...

northern part of the plate. This part of the plate was deformed during the Alpine orogeny, when the Adriatic/Apulian plate collided with the Eurasian plate. The...

There was already a mountain chain north of the arc, a legacy from the Alpine Orogeny, called the "inner arc." Its tops are the Cyclades. In addition, a chain...

started in the Paleozoic with the Variscan orogeny and continued in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic with the Alpine orogeny. The mountains in the northeastern part...

Adige/Südtirol Friuli-Venezia Giulia Parent range Alps Geology Orogeny Alpine orogeny Rock age Mostly Triassic Rock types Sedimentary rocks dolomite volcanic...