Ancestral Rocky Mountains orogeny
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The Ancestral Rocky Mountains orogeny was a late Paleozoic mountain-building event that created a series of high-standing uplifts and basins in what is now the central and southwestern United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ancestral Rocky Mountains orogeny canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causedBy |
assembly of Pangea
ⓘ
far-field stresses from plate collisions ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
block uplifts
ⓘ
reverse faulting ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ subsiding basins ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| continent |
Laurentia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| endTime | early Permian ⓘ |
| followedBy | Laramide orogeny ⓘ |
| formedStructure |
Ancestral Front Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ancestral Uncompahgre highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Colorado trough NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Midcontinent basins and uplifts NERFINISHED ⓘ Paradox Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncompahgre uplift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central United States
ⓘ
southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | late Paleozoic ⓘ |
| precededBy | Antler orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
alluvial fan deposits
ⓘ
marine shelf deposits in adjacent basins ⓘ thick Pennsylvanian sedimentary sequences ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Alleghanian orogeny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ouachita orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Ancestral Rocky Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
high-standing uplifts ⓘ intracratonic basins ⓘ series of basins ⓘ series of uplifts ⓘ |
| startTime | late Mississippian ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
interior of North American craton
ⓘ
intraplate deformation ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Pennsylvanian
ⓘ
early Permian ⓘ |
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