BOARDS - D1 - GTS (Orogenies after Pangea)

What orogeny is the mountain building in western N. America

Sonoma Orogeny

When did the Sonoma Orogeny occured?

Triassic Period

What is the First Pulse of Cordilleran Orogeny

Nevadan Orogeny

When did the Nevadan Orogeny occur?

Jurassic Period

Rifting apart of S. America and Africa

Jurassic Period

Rifting of India

Jurassic Period

India broke away from Gondwana

Cretaceous Period

What is the mountain building event that produced the linear zone of deformed rock strata in West US

Sevier Orogeny

When did the Sevier Orogeny occur?

Cretaceous Period

Formation of Ontong Java Plateau

Cretaceous Period

What is a series of mountain building events that affected much of West N.A

Laramide Orogeny

When did the Laramide Orogeny occur?

Cretaceous Period

When did the Alpine Orogeny occur?

Paleocene Epoch

Closing of Western Tethys

Paleocene Epoch

Formation of Deccan Traps

Paleocene Epoch

When did the Himalayan Orogeny occur?

Eocene Epoch

Formation of Baikal Rift, Red Sea

Oligocene Epoch

African-Arabian plate joined to asia forming the Alphine Belt

Miocene Epoch

Formation of Isthmus of Panama

Pliocene Epoch