Cimmerian Orogeny
The Cimmerian Orogeny was an
South China, closing the ancient Paleo-Tethys Ocean between them.[1] Blocks that derive from that continent now form part of Turkey, Iran, Tibet and western Southeast Asia
. Much of the plate's northern boundary formed mountain ranges that were as high as the present-day Himalayas.
See also
- Hercynian orogeny- an orogeny that preceded the Cimmerian orogeny
- Alpine orogeny - an orogeny that succeeded the Cimmerian orogeny
References
- ISBN 978-3-319-68008-8.
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