a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe.

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late MesozoicMoores, E.M., Fairbridge, R.W. (Editors), 1998: Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology.

a long-lasting mountain building event which began in the Middle Devonian, reaching a climax in the Late Devonian.

a mountain building period that ended 440 million years ago (Ma) and affected most of modern-day New England.

a tectonic event that began in the early Late Devonian with widespread effects continuing into the Mississippian and early Pennsylvanian.

The Nevadan orogeny occurred along the western margin of North America during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous approximately 155 Ma to 145 Ma.

a long-lived Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia.

a mountain-building event that affected western North America from northern Canada to the north to Mexico to the south.