Formation of the Alpine mountain ranges of Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa
Tectonic map of southern Europe and the Middle East, showing tectonic structures of the western Alpide mountain belt
The Alpine orogeny, sometimes referred to as the Alpide orogeny, is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic[1] and the current Cenozoic which has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.
^Moores, E.M., Fairbridge, R.W. (Editors), 1998: Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, London, 825 pp.