Alpine orogeny The Alpine orogeny developed in response to the collision between the African and Eurasian plates during the closing of the Neotethys Ocean and the opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean. The result was a series of arcuate mountain ranges, from the Tell-Rif-Betic cordillera in the western Mediterranean through the Alps, Carpathians, Apennines, Dinarides and Hellenides to the Taurides in the east.
Alpine orogeny The Alpine orogeny developed in response to the collision between the African and Eurasian plates during the closing of the Neotethys Ocean and the opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean The result was a series of arcuate mountain ranges from the Tell-Rif-Betic cordillera in the western Mediterranean through the Alps Carpathians Apennines Dinarides and Hellenides to the Taurides in the east