Alpine orogeny

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The Alpine orogeny is a major mountain-building event that created the Alps and other ranges across southern Europe and parts of Asia through the collision of tectonic plates during the Cenozoic Era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological process ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
characterizedBy deep crustal roots ⓘ
high topography ⓘ
seismic activity along plate boundaries ⓘ
created Alborz Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Elburz Mountains

Alps ⓘ
Apennines ⓘ
Atlas Mountains ⓘ
Carpathians ⓘ
Caucasus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus

Dinaric Alps ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Hindu Kush ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Pyrenees ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
endTime Quaternary Period ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary period
geologicalPeriod Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
hasCause collision of the African Plate with the Eurasian Plate ⓘ
collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate ⓘ
convergence of the Arabian Plate with the Eurasian Plate ⓘ
hasEffect closure of the Tethys Ocean ⓘ
formation of the Alps ⓘ
uplift of mountain ranges in southern Europe ⓘ
uplift of mountain ranges in western Asia ⓘ
involves continental collision ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
folding of sedimentary sequences ⓘ
magmatism ⓘ
metamorphism of crustal rocks ⓘ
subduction of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
mainPhase Eocene ⓘ
Miocene ⓘ
Oligocene ⓘ
linked to: Oligocene Epoch
partOf Cenozoic orogenic cycle ⓘ
precedes ongoing active deformation in the Alpine belt ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
southern Europe ⓘ
linked to: Southern Europe
relatedTo Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Hercynian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Variscan orogeny
startTime Paleogene Period ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Alps → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Cenozoic → includesEvent → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Lesser Caucasus → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Lesser Caucasus → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Altai Mountains → geologicalFormation → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Jura Mountains → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Pennine Alps → geologicalAge → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Pennine Alps → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Balkan Mountains → geologicalPeriod → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Ligurian Alps → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (Spain) → geologicalPeriod → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Pamir Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Iranian plateau → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Alay Mountains → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Miage range → geology → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Somkheti Range → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Kunlun Mountains → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Southern Alps → orogeny → Alpine Orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Alpine orogeny
Tell Atlas → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Eastern Carpathians → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Djurdjura Mountains → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Hellenides → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Col du Fréjus area → geologicalSetting → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Pontic Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Tethys Ocean → associatedWith → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Patkai Range → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Baetic System → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Baetic System → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Penibetic Cordillera → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Penibaetic System → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Monts Dore volcanic field → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Anatolian Plate → partOf → Alpine orogeny system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine orogeny
Bitlis–Zagros suture zone → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Alpine main chain → geologicalContext → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Adriatic Plate → partOf → Alpine orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Alpine orogeny
Rila–Rhodope massif → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Elburz Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Chersky Range → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Émile Argand → studied → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Austrian Alps → formedBy → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Alps → partOf → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
subject linked to: Alps (in clear weather)
Southern Alps → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Alps
Tell Atlas → geologicalSetting → Alpine orogeny belt ⓘ
subject linked to: Tell Atlas region
linked to: Alpine orogeny
Central Eastern Alps → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Western Carpathians → orogeny → Alpine orogeny ⓘ