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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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