تجبل لاراميد

The Laramide orogeny was caused by subduction of a plate at a shallow angle.

تجبل لاراميد Laramide orogeny، هوأحدث مراحل الثورة الألبية، نشطت خلال نهاية العصر الطباشيري والثالث المبكر، مسجلة بوضوح سلسلة جبال روكي في غرب أمريكا الشمالية.

عواقب بيئية

الأحواض والجبال

Topographic map of the Bighorn Basin (highlighted in orange), formed by the Laramide Orogeny

انظر أيضا

The earlier Sevier orogeny
The still-earlier Nevadan orogeny of the late Jurassic — early Cretaceous.
Geology of the Rocky Mountains
Geology of the Pacific Northwest

الهوامش

^ عبد الجليل هويدي، محمد أحمد هيكل (2004). أساسيات الجيولوجيا التاريخية. مخطة الدار العربية للخط.

المصادر

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