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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Central Valley (California)

Orogeny

Glen

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Associated With

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

Pietra di Bismantova, 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: Pietra di Bismantova
Pinacate Peaks, 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: Pinacate Peaks
Pingo, 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: Pingo
Pyrenees, 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: Pyrenees
Rakaposhi, 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: Rakaposhi
Rimo I, 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: Rimo I
Ritigala, 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: Ritigala
Rock of Gibraltar, Geological Formations
Roque Nublo, 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: Roque Nublo
Ruwenzori 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: Ruwenzori Mountains
Salkantay, 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: Salkantay
San Rafael Swell, 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 San Rafael Swell (Wikipedia)
São Francisco Craton, Geological Formations
Source São Francisco Craton (Wikipedia)
Scandinavian Mountains, Geological Formations

Wikidata P31 (Q1437459) mapped to formative process Orogeny via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Scandinavian Mountains
Shackleton Range, Geological Formations
Shetland, Geological Formations
Source Shetland (Wikipedia)
Sia Kangri, 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: Sia Kangri
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 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: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Simien 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: Simien Mountains
Sivalik 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: Sivalik Hills
Skil Brum, 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: Skil Brum
Slover 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: Slover Mountain
Spiti, Geological Formations
Source Spiti (Wikipedia)
Stac Pollaidh, 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: Stac Pollaidh
Stone Mountain, Geological Formations
Source Stone Mountain (Wikipedia)
Suilven, 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: Suilven
Taka 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: Taka Mountains
Tendaguru Formation, 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: Tendaguru Formation
The Hazards, 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: The Hazards
Thicketty 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: Thicketty Mountain
Þórisjökull, 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: Þórisjökull
Tian Shan, 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: Tian Shan
Trans-Hudson Orogen, Geological Formations
Source Trans-Hudson orogeny (Wikipedia)
Trivor, 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: Trivor
Ultar Sar, 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: Ultar Sar
Ulvetanna, 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: Ulvetanna
Ural 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: Ural Mountains
Vasquez Rocks, Geological Formations
Source Vasquez Rocks (Wikipedia)
Vingerklip, 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: Vingerklip
Vinson Massif, Geological Formations
Virunga 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: Virunga Mountains
Wase 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: Wase Rock
Waterfall, 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: Waterfall
Willis 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: Willis Mountain
Yerupaja, 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: Yerupaja
You Yangs, 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: You Yangs
Zagros 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: Zagros Mountains

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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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