Alpine orogeny

Tectonic map of southern Europe and the Middle East, showing tectonic structures of the western Alpide mountain belt

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny[dubious ] is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic[1] (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.

  1. ^ Moores, E.M., Fairbridge, R.W. (Editors), 1998: Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, London, 825 pp.

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