geological event

C4521
concept

A geological event is a natural occurrence resulting from Earth’s internal or surface processes, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, or tectonic shifts, that alters the planet’s physical structure or landscape.

All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
geological event canonical 38
geological process 9
tectonic event 5

Instances (58)

Instance Via concept surface
Ancestral Rocky Mountains orogeny
Pan-African orogeny
Alpine orogeny geological process
Cascadian orogeny
Laramide orogeny
Ancylus transgression
San Rafael Swell geologic uplift
Appalachian orogeny
Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal geomagnetic reversal
Triassic–Jurassic extinction event geological boundary event
Great Oxidation Event atmospheric oxygenation event
Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle geological process
Lomagundi–Jatuli carbon isotope excursion Paleoproterozoic geological event
Grenville orogeny
Cadomian orogeny
Messinian Salinity Crisis (late Miocene)
surface form: Messinian Salinity Crisis
Caledonian orogeny
Karakoram orogeny geological process
Sierra Nevada orogeny
Aegean back-arc extension geological phenomenon
Wisconsin Stage Quaternary geological event
Yanshanian orogeny
Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea paleogeographic event hypothesis
Kellwasser events
Marathon orogeny
Qinling–Dabie orogeny
Himalayan orogeny geological process
Brasiliano orogeny
Kuunga orogeny
Baikal orogeny
Sevier orogeny
Trans-Hudson orogeny
Svecofennian orogeny
Karelian orogeny
Sveconorwegian orogeny
Wopmay orogeny
Andean orogeny geological process
breakup of Gondwana tectonic event
Apennine orogeny geological process
Sidoarjo mudflow geological phenomenon
Zagros orogeny
Barrovian metamorphism geological process
Innuitian orogeny
GOE
surface form: Great Oxidation Event
Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event
breakup of Rodinia tectonic event
Kibaran orogeny
Pinwarian orogeny
Laurentia–Baltica collision tectonic event
Lomagundi event