orogeny
P946
predicate
Indicates the geological process by which mountain ranges are formed, typically through tectonic plate interactions such as collision, subduction, or compression.
Observed surface forms (4)
- geologicalOrigin ×133
- geologicalProcess ×83
- orogenyType ×12
- drivesOrogeny ×1
Sample triples (277)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Adirondack Mountains |
Canadian Shield
ⓘ
surface form:
Grenville orogeny
|
| Afar Triangle | continental breakup via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Afar Triangle | crustal thinning via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Afar Triangle | normal faulting via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Afar Triangle | seafloor spreading initiation via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Afar Triangle | volcanism via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park | glacial via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Alaska Range | Laramide orogeny ⓘ |
| Alay Mountains | Alpine orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Alban Hills | Quaternary volcanism via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Aleutian Arc | island arc orogeny via predicate surface "orogenyType" ⓘ |
| Aleutian Trench | oceanic plate subduction via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Altiplano plateau | crustal shortening via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Altiplano plateau | tectonic uplift via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Anacapa Island | volcanic via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Anti-Atlas | Pan-African orogeny ⓘ |
| Anti-Atlas | Variscan orogeny ⓘ |
| Appalachian Mountains | Appalachian orogeny ⓘ |
| Arthur’s Seat | volcanic via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Atacama Trench | oceanic-continental subduction via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Atlas Mountains | Alpine orogeny via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Atlas Mountains | fold mountains via predicate surface "orogenyType" ⓘ |
| Aunuʻu | volcanic via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Azores Triple Junction | seafloor spreading via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Azores Triple Junction | strike-slip faulting via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Banda Sea | subduction-related basin via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Barisan Mountains | subduction of Indo-Australian Plate beneath Eurasian Plate via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Bass Rock | volcanic plug via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Bavarian Plateau | foreland basin via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Bering Strait | formed by rising sea levels flooding a land bridge via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Bitra | coral atoll formation via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Black Mountains (Death Valley) |
Basin and Range Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Basin and Range extension
|
| Black Rock Desert | ancient Lake Lahontan lakebed via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Black Sea | remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Blanco Fracture Zone | seafloor spreading offset via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Blue Ridge Mountains | Appalachian orogeny ⓘ |
| Blue Ridge province | Appalachian orogeny ⓘ |
| Bohemian Massif | Variscan orogeny ⓘ |
| Boiling Lake | volcanic activity via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Cantal Mountains | volcanic via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Carson Range | Sierra Nevada orogeny ⓘ |
| Cascade Mountains (part) | subduction-related volcanism via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Cascade Range | Cascadian orogeny ⓘ |
| Cascade Volcanic Arc | subduction-related volcanism via predicate surface "orogenyType" ⓘ |
| Caspian Sea | remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Cayman Ridge | plate tectonics via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Cayman Ridge | volcanic arc via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |
| Cayman Trough | sea-floor spreading via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Cayman Trough | strike-slip faulting via predicate surface "geologicalProcess" ⓘ |
| Cayuga Lake | glacial lake via predicate surface "geologicalOrigin" ⓘ |