Alpine orogeny

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf orogeny
gptkbp:hasImpactOn biodiversity
ecosystems
human activities
landforms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alpine orogeny
gptkbp:impact Europe
gptkbp:involves subduction
collision of tectonic plates
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith earthquakes
Himalayan orogeny
geological hazards
volcanism
fault lines
Mediterranean orogeny
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy folding of rocks
faulting of rocks
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn research papers
textbooks
scientific literature
geological surveys
gptkbp:isExaminedBy tectonic forces
theory of plate tectonics
geosynclinal theory
orogenic processes
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy subduction zones
mantle convection
hotspots
continental_drift
gptkbp:isLinkedTo climate change
erosion
sedimentation
glaciation
gptkbp:isPartOf Alps_mountain_range
European_geology
geological_history_of_Europe
tectonic_history_of_the_Mediterranean_region
gptkbp:isRelatedTo metamorphism
mountain building
plate tectonics
tectonic uplift
geological time scale
gptkbp:isStudiedIn geology
paleontology
geophysics
gptkbp:occursAnnually Cretaceous period
Paleogene period
gptkbp:resultedIn formation_of_the_Alps