Orogenic belt

Not to be confused with Origen.
Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)

An orogenic belt, orogen, or mobile belt,[a] is a zone of Earth's crust affected by orogeny.[2] An orogenic belt develops when a continental plate crumples and is uplifted to form one or more mountain ranges; this involves a series of geological processes collectively called orogenesis.[3][4]

  1. ^ "mobile belt". www.encyclopedia.com. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  2. ^ "Orogenic belt | geology". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  3. ^ Tony Waltham (2009). Foundations of Engineering Geology (3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-415-46959-3.
  4. ^ Philip Kearey; Keith A. Klepeis; Frederick J. Vine (2009). "Chapter 10: Orogenic belts". Global Tectonics (3rd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-4051-0777-8.


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