List of orogenies

• {{annotated link|Pan-African orogeny}}, Neoproterozoic Era (550 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Damara orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Kibaran orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Eburnean orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|East African Orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Mauritanide Belt|Mauritanide Orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Mozambique Belt|Mozambique Orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Zambezi Belt|Zambezian Orogeny}}

Orogenies affecting Antarctica include:{{cite web|url=http://home.freeuk.com/gtlloyd/tam/geochron.htm |title=Geochronology |accessdate=2010-11-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019222334/http://home.freeuk.com/gtlloyd/tam/geochron.htm |archivedate=2008-10-19 }} Tectonics of the Transantarctic Mountains: Geochronology

• {{annotated link|Napier Mountains|Napier orogeny}} – (4000±200 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Rayner orogeny}} – ({{circa|3500}} Ma)
• {{annotated link|Humboldt orogeny}}, (c. 3000 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Insel orogeny}} – (2650±150 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Early Ruker orogeny}} – (2000–1700 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Late Ruker orogeny|aka=the Nimrod orogeny}} – (1000±150 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Beardmore orogeny}} – (633–620 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Ross orogeny}} – (c. 550 – c. 480 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Borchgrevink orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Peninsula orogeny}}

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• Aravalli-Delhi Orogen – Precambrian
• Altaid Orogeny – Paleozoic Era
• {{annotated link|Uralian orogeny}} during the Permian Period
• Cimmerian and Cathaysian orogenies
• Active through Triassic and Jurassic Periods along south and southeast Asia.
• Dabie-Sulu orogeny – Mesozoic Era
• Persia–Tibet–Burma orogeny – Cenozoic Era; caused by the continuing collision of the Arabian and Indian Plates with the Eurasian Plate, encompassing:
• Himalayan orogeny – Forming the Himalaya Mountains

• {{annotated link|Saamian orogeny}} – Formation of an extensive area of tonalitic-trondhjemitic crust in Fennoscandia, (3.1–2.9 Ga)
• {{annotated link|Lopian orogeny|Lopian orogeny}} – Formation of two different types of terrain compatible with plate tectonic concepts. One is a belt of high-grade gneisses formed in a regime of strong mobility, while the other is a region of granitoid intrusions and greenstone belts surrounded by the remnants of a Saamian substratum, (2.9–2.6 Ga)
• {{annotated link|Svecofennian orogeny|aka=Svecokarelian orogeny }}, (2.0–1.75 Ga)
• {{annotated link|Gothian orogeny}} – Formation of tonalitic-granodioritic plutonic rocks and calc-alkaline volcanites (like the previous Svecofennian orogeny), (1.75–1.5 Ga)
• {{annotated link|Sveconorwegian orogeny}} – Essentially reworking of previously formed crust, (1.25 Ga – 900 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Timanide orogeny}} – Affecting the northern Baltic Shield during the Neoproterozoic Era, (620–550 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Cadomian orogeny}} – On the north coast of Armorica in the Ediacaran/Cambrian, (660–540 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Caledonian orogeny}} – Deformation of the western Scandinavian Peninsula, Britain and Ireland, in the Ordovician Grampian phase and the Silurian Scandian phase{{cite book|last=Strachan|first=R.A. |author2=Smith, M. |author3=Harris, A.L. |author4=Fettes, D.J.|title=The Geology of Scotland|editor=Trewin N.H.|publisher=Geological Society, London|year=2002|chapter=4: The Northern Highland and Grampian terranes|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObdepEp9r7kC&q=%22northern+highland+and+grampian+terranes%22+scotland&pg=PA81 | isbn=978-1-86239-126-0}}
• {{annotated link|Variscan orogeny|aka=Hercynian orogeny}} – Deformation in western Iberia, southwest Ireland, southwest England, central and western France, southern Germany and Czech Republic, during the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods
• {{annotated link|Uralian orogeny}}, during the Permian Period.
• {{annotated link|Alpine orogeny}}, encompassing:
• The Formation of the Alps, during the Eocene through Miocene Periods
• {{annotated link|Carpathian orogeny}} – Building the Carpathian Mountains of eastern Europe, during the Jurassic-Cretaceous to Miocene Period
• {{annotated link|Hellenic orogeny}} – In Greece and the Aegean area, during Eocene through Miocene Periods
• {{annotated link|Mediterranean Ridge}}

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• {{annotated link|Algoman orogeny|aka=Kenoran orogeny}} – Superior province, South Dakota to Lake Huron, late Archean Eon (2700–2500 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Wopmay orogen|Wopmay orogeny}} – Along western edge of Canadian shield, (2100–1900 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Trans-Hudson orogeny|aka=Hudsonian orogeny}} – Extends from Hudson Bay west into Saskatchewan then south through the western Dakotas and Nebraska. Result of the collision of the Superior craton with the Hearne craton and the Wyoming craton, during the Proterozoic Eon (2000–1800 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Nagssugtoqidian orogeny}} – (1910–1770 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Ketilidian orogeny}} – Collision at the southern margin of the North Atlantic Craton, late Paleoproterozoic Era (1850–1720 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Penokean orogeny}} – Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and southern Ontario, (1850–1840 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Great Falls orogeny|aka=the Big Sky orogeny}} – Proterozoic collision between the Hearne craton and the Wyoming craton in southwest Montana, (1770 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Ivanpah orogeny}} – Mojave Desert region, southwestern U.S.
• {{annotated link|Yavapai orogeny}}, (1710–1700 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Mazatzal orogeny}} – Mid to southwestern U.S., (1675–1650 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Picuris orogeny}} – Mid to southwestern U.S., (1430–1300 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Grenville orogeny}} – Worldwide, during the late Proterozoic Eon (1300–1000 Ma). Associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia. Formed folded mountains in eastern North America from Newfoundland to North Carolina, (1100–1000 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Caledonian orogeny}}, including:
• {{annotated link|East Greenland Orogen}} – From Cryogenian to Devonian Periods
• {{annotated link|Taconic orogeny|Taconic phase}} – In the northeastern U.S. and Canada, during the Ordovician Period
• {{annotated link|Acadian orogeny|Acadian phase}} – In the eastern U.S., during the Silurian and Devonian Periods
• {{annotated link|Alleghanian orogeny|Appalachian orogeny}} – Usually seen as the same as the Variscan orogeny in Europe
• Appalachian Mountains are a well-studied orogenic belt resulting from a late Paleozoic collision between North America and Africa.
• {{annotated link|Taconic orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Acadian orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Alleghanian orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Ouachita orogeny}} Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma is an orogenic belt that dates from the late Paleozoic Era and is most likely a continuation of the Appalachian orogeny west across the Mississippi embayment – Reelfoot Rift zone.
• {{annotated link|Antler orogeny}} – Ancestral Sierra Nevada, western U.S., from late Devonian Period to early Mississippian age
• {{annotated link|Innuitian orogeny|aka=Ellesmerian orogeny}} – Innuitian Mountains, Canadian Arctic, extending from Ellesmere Island to Melville Island, Mississippian age (345 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Sonoma orogeny}} – Rocky Mountains, western North America, (270–240 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Nevadan orogeny}} – Developed along western North America, during the Jurassic Period
• {{annotated link|Sevier orogeny}} – Rocky Mountains, western North America, (140–50 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Laramide orogeny}} – Rocky Mountains, western North America, (40–70 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Pasadena orogeny}} – Transverse Ranges, western North America, Pleistocene Period to present day

• {{annotated link|Sleaford orogeny}} – Gawler craton, South Australia, (2440–2420 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Glenburgh orogeny}} – Glenburgh Terrane, Western Australia, ({{circa|2005–1920}} Ma)
• {{annotated link|Barramundi orogeny}} – MacArthur Basin, northern Australia, (c. 1890–1850 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Kimban orogeny}} – Gawler craton, South Australia, (c. 1845–1700 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Cornian orogeny}} – Gawler craton, South Australia
• {{annotated link|Miltalie orogeny}} – Gawler craton, South Australia
• {{annotated link|Yapungku orogeny}} – North Yilgarn craton margin, Western Australia, (c. 1765 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Albany-Fraser orogeny}} – Western Australia, (c. 1710–1020 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Mangaroon orogeny}} – Gascoyne Complex, Western Australia, (c. 1680–1620 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Isan orogeny}} – Mount Isa Block, Queensland, (c. 1600 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Kararan orogeny}} – Gawler craton, South Australia, (1570–1555 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Olarian orogeny}} – Olary Block, South Australia
• {{annotated link|Capricorn orogeny}} – Gascoyne Complex, Western Australia
• {{annotated link|Musgrave orogeny}} – Musgrave Block, Central Australia, (c. 1080 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Edmundian orogeny}} – Gascoyne Complex, Western Australia, (c. 920–850 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Petermann Orogeny}} – Central Australia, late Neoproterozoic Era to Cambrian Period (c. 630–520 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Adelaide Rift Complex|Delamerian Orogeny}} – South Australia and Victoria, Ordovician Period, (c. 514–510 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Lachlan Fold Belt|Lachlan Orogeny}} – Victoria and New South Wales, (c. 540 and 440 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Thomson Orogeny}} – Northern continuation of the Lachlan Orogeny
• {{annotated link|Alice Springs Orogeny}} – Central Australia, early Carboniferous Period, (450–300 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Kanimblan Orogeny}} – Victoria and New South Wales, Carboniferous Period (c. 318 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Hunter-Bowen orogeny|aka=New England Orogeny}} – Queensland and New South Wales, Permian Period to Triassic Period (c. 260–225 Ma)
• Sprigg Orogeny – continuing uplift of the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia (Miocene – present)Sandiford, M.: Neotectonics of southeastern Australia: linking the Quaternary faulting record with seismicity and in situ stress In Hillis, R. R. & Müller, R. D. (Editors) 2003. Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate, pp 2, 107-120. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 22 and Geological Society of America Special Paper 372.

• {{annotated link|Tuhua Orogeny}}, (370–330 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Rangitata Orogeny}}, (142–99 Ma)
• {{annotated link|Kaikoura Orogeny}}, (24 Ma – present)

• {{annotated link|Transamazonian orogeny}} – PaleoproterozoicAlkmima, Fernando F. and Stephen Marshak; [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926898000321 Transamazonian Orogeny in the Southern São Francisco Craton Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil: evidence for Paleoproterozoic collision and collapse in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero,] Precambrian Research, Volume 90, Issues 1–2, 30 June 1998, Pages 29–58
• Guriense orogeny
• {{annotated link|Sunsás orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Cariri Velhos belt|Cariri Velhos orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Brasiliano orogeny|Brasiliano-Pan African orogeny}} – Brasilia Belt
• {{annotated link|Pampean orogeny}} – Paraguai Belt
• {{annotated link|Chonide orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Terra Australis Orogen|Terra Australis Orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Pampean orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Famatinian orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|San Rafael orogeny}}
• {{annotated link|Gondwanide orogeny}} – Sierra de la Ventana
• {{annotated link|Toco orogeny}}, Chilean Coast Range, (300–330 Ma)[https://books.google.com/books?id=h4DBQR9jDsoC&dq=edad%22cordillera+de+la+costa%22+chile+geologia&pg=PA364 The Geology of Chile] Teresa Moreno, Wes Gibbons, Geological Society of London
• {{annotated link|Andean orogeny}}, Andes Mountains, (200 Ma – present)

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