Cordilleran orogeny
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The Cordilleran orogeny was a long-lasting mountain-building event along western North America that created much of the modern Cordillera, including ranges such as the Rockies and the Peninsular Ranges.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cordilleran orogeny canonical | 8 |
| Cordilleran Orogen | 1 |
| Cordilleran Orogeny | 1 |
| Mesozoic–Cenozoic orogeny | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T950035 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cordilleran orogeny Context triple: [Peninsular Ranges, orogeny, Cordilleran orogeny]
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A.
Cascadian orogeny
The Cascadian orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building episode responsible for forming the Cascade Range through subduction-related tectonic activity along western North America.
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B.
Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny is a major mountain-building event that created the Alps and other ranges across southern Europe and parts of Asia through the collision of tectonic plates during the Cenozoic Era.
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C.
Acadian orogeny
The Acadian orogeny was a major Middle Paleozoic mountain-building event that significantly shaped the northern Appalachian Mountains through the collision of ancient landmasses.
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D.
Andean orogeny
The Andean orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building process responsible for creating and uplifting the Andes Mountains along the western margin of South America due to subduction of oceanic plates beneath the continent.
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E.
Appalachian orogeny
The Appalachian orogeny was a series of ancient mountain-building events that formed the Appalachian Mountains through the collision of tectonic plates during the Paleozoic Era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cordilleran orogeny Target entity description: The Cordilleran orogeny was a long-lasting mountain-building event along western North America that created much of the modern Cordillera, including ranges such as the Rockies and the Peninsular Ranges.
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A.
Cascadian orogeny
The Cascadian orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building episode responsible for forming the Cascade Range through subduction-related tectonic activity along western North America.
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B.
Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny is a major mountain-building event that created the Alps and other ranges across southern Europe and parts of Asia through the collision of tectonic plates during the Cenozoic Era.
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C.
Acadian orogeny
The Acadian orogeny was a major Middle Paleozoic mountain-building event that significantly shaped the northern Appalachian Mountains through the collision of ancient landmasses.
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D.
Andean orogeny
The Andean orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building process responsible for creating and uplifting the Andes Mountains along the western margin of South America due to subduction of oceanic plates beneath the continent.
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E.
Appalachian orogeny
The Appalachian orogeny was a series of ancient mountain-building events that formed the Appalachian Mountains through the collision of tectonic plates during the Paleozoic Era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain-building event
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orogeny ⓘ |
| affects | North American Plate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Laramide orogeny
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada orogeny ⓘ
surface form:
Nevadan orogeny
Sevier orogeny ⓘ interior foreland deformation ⓘ |
| continuedInto |
Neogene
ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ |
| drivenBy |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
subduction ⓘ terrane accretion ⓘ thick-skinned deformation ⓘ thin-skinned deformation ⓘ |
| formed | much of the modern North American Cordillera ⓘ |
| involves |
crustal thickening
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folding ⓘ foreland basin development ⓘ magmatism ⓘ metamorphism ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western North America ⓘ |
| majorActivity |
Cretaceous
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Jurassic ⓘ |
| partOf | North American Cordillera ⓘ |
| produced |
batholiths of western North America
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continental magmatic arcs ⓘ fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ metamorphic core complexes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Farallon Plate subduction
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Kula Plate subduction ⓘ oceanic terrane accretion ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Basin and Range Province structures
ⓘ
Coast Mountains ⓘ Columbia Mountains ⓘ Laramide orogeny ⓘ
surface form:
Laramide uplifts
Peninsular Ranges ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
|
| startPeriod | Late Triassic ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
geology of North America
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
| timeSpan |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cordilleran orogeny Description of subject: The Cordilleran orogeny was a long-lasting mountain-building event along western North America that created much of the modern Cordillera, including ranges such as the Rockies and the Peninsular Ranges.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cordilleran Orogen
this entity surface form:
Mesozoic–Cenozoic orogeny
this entity surface form:
Cordilleran Orogeny