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The 33 pages that link to Orogeny, each with the reason it gives.

• LithosphereRelated: Converging or colliding lithospheric plates drive many episodes of mountain building.

• Subduction zoneRelated: Long-lived subduction can thicken and deform crust into mountain ranges.

• Continental collisionNarrower topic: Continental collision is one major route to mountain-belt formation.

• Wilson cycleRelated: Every collision stage of the cycle leaves an orogenic belt as its signature.

• Tectonic upliftNarrower topic: Mountain-building episodes commonly combine uplift with folding, faulting, and crustal thickening.

• DolomitesNarrower topic: The range’s uplift belongs to the larger tectonic history that built the Alps.

• Alpine orogenyNarrower topic: The Alpine episode is one regional example of this broader process.

• Convergent boundaryRelated: Convergence shortens and thickens crust, driving many major episodes of mountain building.

• Thrust faultNarrower topic: Thrusting is a principal way orogenic belts shorten and thicken the crust.

• Caledonian orogenyNarrower topic: The Caledonian event is one named example of this broader process.

• Foreland basinNarrower topic: An orogeny creates the mountain load beside which a foreland basin develops.

• Dinaric AlpsNarrower topic: The range’s uplift belongs to the mountain-building history of the Mediterranean region.

• MountainBroader topic: This names the long-term mountain-building processes driven by crustal deformation.

• PyreneesNarrower topic: The Pyrenees are one product of this broader process.

• Andean orogenyNarrower topic: The Andes are a major example of this broader geological process.

• Kunlun MountainsNarrower topic: The Kunlun Mountains are a major product of mountain-building processes.

• Alleghanian orogenyNarrower topic: The Alleghanian event is one named episode of mountain building.

• Fennoscandian ShieldRelated: Several ancient orogenies assembled and reworked the shield’s crust.

• Mountain rangeRelated: Orogeny describes the mountain-building episodes that produce ranges.

• Taurus MountainsNarrower topic: The Taurus Mountains belong to the broader mountain-building belt formed by continental convergence.

• Columbia (supercontinent)Related: Columbia's inferred assembly is recorded in mountain belts formed during continental convergence.

• FlyschNarrower topic: Flysch deposition is tied to the growth and advance of an orogenic belt.

• Grenville orogenyNarrower topic: The Grenville event is a major example of this broader tectonic process.

• SupercontinentRelated: Mountain belts record the collisions that sutured continental fragments together.

• Continental fragmentRelated: Fragment collisions can thicken crust and contribute to mountain building.

• Mountain formationNarrower topic: This broader process groups the tectonic changes that build many mountain ranges.

• Pontic MountainsNarrower topic: The Pontic Mountains are a product of mountain-building along northern Anatolia.

• Binalud MountainsNarrower topic: The range’s uplift and deformation are local expressions of mountain-building across Iran.

• Fold mountainsNarrower topic: Fold mountains develop during orogenies that deform and raise continental crust.

• Gamburtsev Mountain RangeNarrower topic: Its origin requires explaining how high relief developed within an ancient continental interior.

• Algoman orogenyNarrower topic: The Algoman event is a regional example of this broader geological process.

• PaleocontinentRelated: Ancient mountain belts mark where paleocontinents and crustal blocks joined.

• Terra Australis OrogenNarrower topic: The Terra Australis Orogen is an exceptionally extensive example of orogenic development.