Appalachian orogeny

E14993

geological event mountain-building event 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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Alleghanian orogeny	11
Appalachian orogeny canonical	9
Appalachian orogen	3
Acadian orogeny is middle major phase	1
Alleghanian orogeny is latest major phase	1
Appalachian orogen in North America	1
Appalachian orogenies	1
Taconic orogeny is earliest major phase	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological event ⓘ mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ
affectsRegion	Appalachian Plateau ⓘ surface form: Appalachian Basin Maritime Canada ⓘ New England ⓘ southern Appalachians ⓘ
associatedWith	foreland basin development ⓘ thick clastic wedge deposition ⓘ
cause	assembly of Pangaea ⓘ closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ collision of tectonic plates ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acadian orogeny is middle major phase Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alleghanian orogeny is latest major phase Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taconic orogeny is earliest major phase
endTime	Permian Period ⓘ
happenedDuring	Paleozoic Era ⓘ
hasPart	Acadian orogeny ⓘ Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alleghanian orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ Ouachita orogeny ⓘ Taconic orogeny ⓘ
involvesPlate	Avalonia microcontinent ⓘ Baltica ⓘ Gondwana ⓘ surface form: Gondwanan plate Canadian Shield ⓘ surface form: Laurentian plate
locatedIn	eastern North America ⓘ
locatedOn	Gondwana ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ surface form: Laurentia
orogenyPhase	Acadian orogeny ⓘ Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alleghanian orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ Ouachita orogeny ⓘ Taconic orogeny ⓘ
partOf	formation of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
peakActivity	Late Paleozoic ⓘ
producedStructure	Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ surface form: Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt Blue Ridge province ⓘ Piedmont (United States) ⓘ surface form: Piedmont province Valley and Ridge Province ⓘ surface form: Valley and Ridge province
relatedTo	Variscan orogeny ⓘ surface form: Hercynian orogeny Variscan orogeny ⓘ
result	formation of fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ intrusion of igneous bodies ⓘ metamorphism of sedimentary rocks ⓘ uplift of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
startTime	Ordovician Period ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appalachian Mountains → orogeny → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian orogeny → hasPart → Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Appalachian orogeny → orogenyPhase → Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Appalachian orogeny → chronologicalOrder → Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taconic orogeny is earliest major phase

Appalachian orogeny → chronologicalOrder → Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acadian orogeny is middle major phase

Appalachian orogeny → chronologicalOrder → Appalachian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny is latest major phase

Valley and Ridge Province → formedDuring → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Caledonian orogeny → relatedTo → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Caledonian fault system → relatedTo → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian orogen in North America

Ouachita orogeny → relatedTo → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Blue Ridge province → orogeny → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Taconic orogeny → partOf → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

closure of Iapetus Ocean → partOf → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Acadian orogeny → precedes → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Variscan orogeny → contemporaneousWith → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians → orogeny → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Greenland Caledonides → correlatesWith → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian orogen

Iapetus Ocean → closureResultedIn → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system → hasPart → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian orogen

Marathon orogeny → relatedTo → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Appalachian Highlands division → orogeny → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

Manhattan schist → formedDuring → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Appalachian Basin → formedBy → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Taconic volcanic arc → precedes → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny

Blountian tectophase → region → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian orogen

Appalachian geology → studies → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appalachian orogenies

Appalachian geology → relatedTo → Appalachian orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alleghanian orogeny