Editing Alpine orogeny (section)

{{Short description|Formation of the Alpine mountain ranges of Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa}}

[[File:Tectonic map Mediterranean EN.svg|thumb|right|300px|Tectonic map of southern Europe and the Middle East, showing tectonic structures of the western [[Alpide belt|Alpide mountain belt]]]]

The '''Alpine orogeny''', sometimes referred to as the '''Alpide orogeny''', is an [[orogenic]] phase in the Late [[Mesozoic]]<ref>Moores, E.M., Fairbridge, R.W. (Editors), 1998: ''Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology.'' Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, London, 825 pp.</ref> and the current [[Cenozoic]] which has formed the mountain ranges of the [[Alpide belt]].