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=== Intraplate orogeny === Stresses transmitted from plate boundaries can also lead to episodes of intracontinental [[Transpression|transpressional]] orogeny. Examples in Australia include the Neoproterozoic [[Petermann Orogeny]] (630–520 Ma),<ref>Quentin de Gromard, R., Howard, HM and Smithies, RH. (29 January 2020) [https://reportviewer.dmp.wa.gov.au/reportviewer/Default.aspx?reportPath=/ENS/Event%20Report&rs%3ACommand=Render®DEFID=PE Petermann Orogeny] ''Explanatory Notes.'' (online extract) Geological Survey of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2025.</ref><ref>Quentin de Gromard, R., Kirkland, C.L., Howard, H.M., Wingate, M.T.D., Jourdan, F., McInnes, B.I.A., Danišík, M., Evans, N.J., McDonald, B.J., Smithies, R.H. (2019) [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118301993 When will it end? Long-lived intracontinental reactivation in central Australia], ''Geoscience Frontiers'', Volume 10, Issue 1, Pp. 149-164. Retrieved 21 January 2025. {{ISSN|1674-9871}}, {{doi|10.1016/j.gsf.2018.09.003}}</ref> and the [[Sprigg Orogeny]] ([[Miocene]] – present).<ref>Sandiford, M.: Neotectonics of southeastern Australia: linking the Quaternary faulting record with seismicity and in situ stress. '''In''' Hillis, R. R. & Müller, R. D. (Editors) 2003. ''Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate'', Pp 2, 107-120. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 22 and Geological Society of America Special Paper 372.</ref><ref>Clark, D., McPherson, A. and Collins, C.D.N. 2011. Australia's seismogenic neotectonic record: a case for heterogeneous intraplate deformation. Record 2011/11. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Pp 46-47. {{isbn|978-1-921781-91-9}}</ref>
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