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Cretaceous Period Laramide orogeny orogeny Nevadan orogeny fold How Are Mountains Formed?Taconic orogeny Acadian orogeny Hudsonian orogeny Alleghenian orogeny Kenoran orogeny Antler orogeny Avalonian orogeny