Process

Orogeny

oh-ROJ-uh-nee
Also Known As Mountain Building
Geology

The building of mountain belts where converging plates crumple, thicken and uplift the crust. The Himalaya, still rising as India drives into Asia, the Alps, and the ancient worn-down Appalachians each record an orogeny, and reading deformed rock for the mountain belts it once belonged to is one of geology's oldest skills. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Timescale
Tens of millions of years for a major mountain belt 1
Driving Force
The collision of tectonic plates, principally continent-continent or continent-arc collision, which thickens and deforms the crust. 1
Resulting Feature
An orogenic belt: one or more mountain ranges formed as the compressed plate crumples and is uplifted. 1
Significance
Orogeny builds the world's major mountain ranges and is a principal way geologists identify ancient plate boundaries now buried deep within continental interiors. 1
Driving Force
Driving Force (category)
Tectonic 1
Timescale
Timescale (category)
Years to Decades 1
Orogeny
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Folding, Processes

A fold belt is a common feature of orogenic zones.

Source Fold, Geology (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Plate Tectonics, Processes

Mountain belts rise where converging plates collide or subduct.

Source Orogeny (Wikipedia)

Causes

Mount Longonot, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Longonot
Mount Mabu, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Mabu
Mount Malindang, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Malindang
Mount Marsabit, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Marsabit
Mount Matutum, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Matutum
Mount Mecula, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Mecula
Mount Melbourne, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Melbourne
Mount Meru, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Meru
Mount Monadnock, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Monadnock
Mount Muhabura, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Muhabura
Mount Namuli, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Namuli
Mount Oxley, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Oxley
Mount Pinatubo, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pulag, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Pulag
Mount Rainier, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Rainier
Mount Roraima, Geological Formations
Source Mount Roraima (Wikipedia)
Mount Sabyinyo, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Sabyinyo
Mount Sidley, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Sidley
Mount Silali, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Silali
Mount Takahe, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Takahe
Mount Wachusett, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Wachusett
Mount Wudinna, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Wudinna
Mountain chain, Geological Formations
Source Mountain chain (Wikipedia)
Muddus Plains, Geological Formations
Source Muddus plains (Wikipedia)
Muztagh Ata, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Muztagh Ata
Muztagh Tower, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Muztagh Tower
Nandi Hills, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nandi Hills
Nanga Parbat, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nanga Parbat
Nevado del Huila, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nevado del Huila
Nevado del Quindío, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nevado del Quindio
Nevado del Tolima, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nevado del Tolima
Nevado San Francisco, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nevado San Francisco
Nevado Tres Cruces, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nevado Tres Cruces
Nunatak, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Nunatak
Ojos del Salado, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Ojos del Salado
Paektu Mountain, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Paektu Mountain
Paiju Peak, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Paiju Peak
Paka, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Paka
Pamir Mountains, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pamir Mountains
Panola Mountain, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Panola Mountain
Peak Korzhenevskaya, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Peak Korzhenevskaya
Pedra da Galinha Choca, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pedra da Galinha Choca
Pedra do Bau, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pedra do Bau
Peninsula, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Peninsula
Pico Bolivar, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pico Bolivar
Pico Bonpland, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pico Bonpland
Pidurangala Rock, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pidurangala Rock
Piedmont Mountains, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Piedmont Mountains
Piedmonttreppen, Geological Formations
Source Piedmonttreppen (Wikipedia)
Piedra del Cocuy, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Piedra del Cocuy

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In Discipline

Geology, Disciplines
Source Orogeny (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Orogeny (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introduction
    An orogenic belt or orogen develops as the compressed plate crumples and is uplifted to form one or more mountain ranges.
  • Introduction, definition sentence
    is a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin when plate motion compresses the margin.
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Jura Mountains (Wikipedia)
Causes: Jura Mountains, Article text
Quote, Causes: Jura Mountains, Article text
This deformation accommodates the compression from alpine folding as the main Alpine orogenic front moves roughly northwards.
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Stone Mountain (Wikipedia)
Causes: Stone Mountain, Geology
Quote, Causes: Stone Mountain, Geology
The granite intruded into the metamorphic rocks of the Piedmont region during the last stages of the Alleghenian Orogeny
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Caledonian orogeny (Wikipedia)
  • Causes: Caledonian Orogeny, Lead, process Orogeny
    The Caledonian orogeny encompasses events that occurred from the Ordovician to Early Devonian, roughly 490-390 million years ago (Ma).
  • Causes: Caledonian Orogeny, Lead paragraph
    The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe
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Carpathian Mountains (Wikipedia)
Causes: Carpathian Mountains, Article text, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Carpathian Mountains, Article text, process Orogeny
The Carpathian mountains were formed during the Alpine orogeny in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic by moving the ALCAPA (Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian), Tisza and Dacia plates over subducting oceanic crust.
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Chicamocha Canyon (Wikipedia)
Causes: Chicamocha Canyon, Lead, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Chicamocha Canyon, Lead, process Orogeny
The Chicamocha Canyon started forming in the Early Oligocene, when Colombia was undergoing a tectonically active phase of the Andean orogeny.
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Ellsworth Mountains (Wikipedia)
Causes: Ellsworth Mountains, Article text, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Ellsworth Mountains, Article text, process Orogeny
Liptak Formation of quartzites, and the Mount Wyatt Earp Formation of quartzites. Major deformation of the sedimentary rocks occurred during the Gondwanide orogeny, followed by later uplift.
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Gawler Craton (Wikipedia)
Causes: Gawler Craton, Lead, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Gawler Craton, Lead, process Orogeny
Prior to 1550 Ma the craton comprised a number of active Proterozoic orogenic belts extending back in time to at least 2450 Ma.
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Great Glen Fault (Wikipedia)
Causes: Great Glen Fault, Article text, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Great Glen Fault, Article text, process Orogeny
It formed towards the end of the Caledonian orogeny associated with the collision between the Laurentia and Baltic tectonic plates at the end of the Silurian continuing into the Early Devonian (likely age range 430-390 Ma (million years)).
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Laurentia (Wikipedia)
Causes: Laurentia, Lead, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Laurentia, Lead, process Orogeny
During other times in its past, Laurentia has been part of larger continents and supercontinents and consists of many smaller terranes assembled on a network of early Proterozoic orogenic belts.
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Wikipedia: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Wikipedia
Causes: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Article text, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Article text, process Orogeny
The Palaeozoic Granite Harbour intrusives include granitoid plutons and dykes, which intruded into the metasedimentary Skelton Group in the Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician during the Ross orogeny.
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Mount Roraima (Wikipedia)
Causes: Mount Roraima, Article text, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Mount Roraima, Article text, process Orogeny
These rocks sit on a granite and gneiss base and were originally covered by layers of Mesozoic clay, conglomerate, and diorite, but have been exposed by erosion and by orogeny over the past 180 million years, eroded by precipitation to form strange shapes.
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San Rafael Swell (Wikipedia)
Causes: San Rafael Swell, Lead, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: San Rafael Swell, Lead, process Orogeny
Measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles (121 by 64 km), the swell consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 40-60 million years ago.
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São Francisco Craton (Wikipedia)
Causes: São Francisco Craton, Lead, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: São Francisco Craton, Lead, process Orogeny
The Paleoproterozoic (about 2.5 to 2.0 Ga) was the source of orogenic belts and the current configuration of the craton.
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Shetland (Wikipedia)
Causes: Shetland, Article text, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Shetland, Article text, process Orogeny
These islands are the northern outpost of the Caledonian orogeny, and there are outcrops of Lewisian, Dalradian and Moine metamorphic rocks with histories similar to their equivalents on the Scottish mainland.
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Illimani (Wikipedia)
Causes: Illimani, Lead paragraph
Quote, Causes: Illimani, Lead paragraph
Its formation results from the ancient folding associated with the Andean orogeny, as with the majority of the neighboring mountains in the cordillera
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Muddus plains (Wikipedia)
Causes: Muddus Plains, Lead paragraph
Quote, Causes: Muddus Plains, Lead paragraph
The plains formed in connection to the uplift of the northern Scandinavian Mountains in the Paleogene
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Vasquez Rocks (Wikipedia)
Causes: Vasquez Rocks, Lead section (caused-by Orogeny)
Quote, Causes: Vasquez Rocks, Lead section (caused-by Orogeny)
It is known for its rock formations, the result of sedimentary layering and later tectonic uplift.
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Trans-Hudson orogeny (Wikipedia)
Causes: Trans-Hudson Orogen, Lead, process Orogeny
Quote, Causes: Trans-Hudson Orogen, Lead, process Orogeny
The Trans-Hudson orogeny or Trans-Hudsonian orogeny was the major mountain building event (orogeny) that formed the Precambrian Canadian Shield and the North American Craton (also called Laurentia), forging the initial North American continent.
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Mountain chain (Wikipedia)
Causes: Mountain chain, Lead sentence
Quote, Causes: Mountain chain, Lead sentence
Elongated mountain chains occur most frequently in the orogeny of fold mountains, (that are folded by lateral pressure), and nappe belts (where a sheetlike body of rock has been pushed over another rock mass).
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Hill chain (Wikipedia)
Causes: Hill chain, Lead sentence
Quote, Causes: Hill chain, Lead sentence
The chain-like arrangement of hills in a chain is a consequence of their collective formation by mountain building forces or ice age earth movements.
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Chink (geology) (Wikipedia)
Causes: Chink (geology), Lead sentence
Quote, Causes: Chink (geology), Lead sentence
Chinks may also result from tectonic uplifts.
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Piedmonttreppen (Wikipedia)
Causes: Piedmonttreppen, Lead sentence
Quote, Causes: Piedmonttreppen, Lead sentence
A piedmonttreppen or piedmont benchland is a conceived landform consisting in a succession of benches at different heights and that forms in sequence during the uplift of a geological dome.
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Central Valley (California) (Wikipedia)
Causes: Central Valley (California), Article text
Quote, Causes: Central Valley (California), Article text
The valley was enclosed by the uplift of the Coast Ranges, with its original outlet into Monterey Bay.
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Spiti (Wikipedia)
Causes: Spiti, Article text
Quote, Causes: Spiti, Article text
Over millennia, the Spiti River and its tributaries such as the Pin River, have cut deep gorges in the uplifted sedimentary strata.
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Fort Valley (Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Causes: Fort Valley (Virginia), Article text
Quote, Causes: Fort Valley (Virginia), Article text
The Fort Valley and Massanutten mountain range is the result of the Alleghanian Orogeny, the geologic process where a continental plate crumples and is pushed upwards to form mountain ranges.
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