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Alpine orogeny

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Goodfellow B.W.; Viola G.; Bingen B.; Nuriel P.; Kylander-Clark A. (2017). "Palaeocene faulting in SE Sweden from U–Pb dating of slickenfibre calcite".
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The Alpine orogeny is considered one of the three major phases of orogeny in Europe that define the geology of that continent, along with the
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Sometimes other names occur to describe the formation of separate mountain ranges: for example Carpathian orogeny for the
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The Alpine orogeny has also led to the formation of more distant and smaller geological features such as the
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Tectonic map of southern Europe and the Middle East, showing tectonic structures of the western
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from the north, and many smaller plates and microplates) had already begun in the early
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Formation of the Alpine mountain ranges of Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa
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to Eocene. The process continues currently in some of the Alpide mountain ranges.
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and northern France, the remains of which can be seen in the chalk ridges of the
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and the Old Red Sandstone Continent collided in the middle to late Paleozoic.
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Parrish, Randall R.; Parrish, Claire M.; Lasalle, Stephanie (May 2018).
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in southern England. Its effects are particularly visible on the
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strata are folded to near-vertical, as seen in exposures at
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Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, London, 825 pp.
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Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology.
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2024:El Djouf 1591:St Kilda 1581:Scandola 1571:Plitvice 1486:Durmitor 1466:Aggtelek 1419:Cimmeria 1409:Avalonia 1396:Terranes 1150:Pyrenees 1125:Caucasus 1097:Variscan 1077:Timanide 1072:Scourian 1067:Scandian 1047:Hellenic 1037:Grampian 1012:Cadomian 949:Guernsey 944:Alderney 929:Scotland 884:Slovenia 879:Slovakia 854:Portugal 842:Svalbard 678:Bulgaria 370:See also 336:Alum Bay 294:for the 282:for the 241:Caucasus 182:Pyrenees 154:Gondwana 138:collided 106:and the 98:and the 48:Cenozoic 44:Mesozoic 40:orogenic 1825:Orogens 1709:shields 1705:Cratons 1601:Surtsey 1586:Ĺ kocjan 1541:Meteora 1531:Laponia 1526:Kvarken 1414:Baltica 1160:Sudetes 1092:Uralian 1062:Saamian 1032:Gothian 997:Acadian 989:Orogens 919:England 909:Ukraine 859:Romania 807:Moldova 757:Ireland 752:Iceland 747:Hungary 737:Germany 732:Georgia 715:Finland 710:Estonia 698:Denmark 683:Croatia 668:Belgium 663:Belarus 653:Austria 648:Armenia 643:Andorra 638:Albania 544:Bibcode 467:Bibcode 356:faulted 352:Sudetes 290:or the 223:), the 221:massifs 218:Rhodope 150:Pangaea 131:Baltica 80:Eurasia 1999:Aoukar 1654:Plates 1501:Glarus 1057:Lopian 1002:Alpine 954:Jersey 904:Turkey 894:Sweden 874:Serbia 864:Russia 849:Poland 832:Norway 812:Monaco 782:Latvia 777:Kosovo 766:Sicily 742:Greece 727:France 688:Cyprus 562:  493:  485:  436:  344:Dorset 332:Eocene 284:Pindus 263:, the 259:, the 255:, the 251:, the 249:Zagros 247:, the 245:Alborz 243:, the 239:, the 235:, the 231:, the 229:Taurus 227:, the 202:Pindus 196:, the 192:, the 188:, the 184:, the 180:, the 176:, the 172:, the 168:, the 94:, the 68:Arabia 64:Africa 38:is an 1893:Rifts 1566:Pirin 1165:Urals 934:Wales 889:Spain 802:Malta 762:Italy 560:S2CID 491:S2CID 360:Ă–land 316:North 261:Pamir 253:Hajar 166:Atlas 152:when 90:(the 72:India 1707:and 1521:Komi 1135:Harz 1115:Alps 483:ISSN 434:ISBN 338:and 318:and 214:Rila 212:and 186:Alps 133:and 70:and 30:The 1335:and 552:doi 475:doi 463:175 310:in 170:Rif 34:or 2353:: 558:. 550:. 540:29 538:. 517:. 489:. 481:. 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Index


Alpide mountain belt
orogenic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Alpide belt
Africa
Arabia
India
Cimmerian Plate
Eurasia
Convergent movements
tectonic plates
African Plate
Arabian Plate
Indian Plate
Eurasian Plate
Anatolian Sub-Plate
Cretaceous
Paleocene
Caledonian orogeny
Old Red Sandstone Continent
Baltica
Laurentia
collided
Paleozoic
Hercynian or Variscan orogeny
Pangaea
Gondwana
Atlas

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