Grenville orogeny

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Precambrian orogeny geological event orogeny

The Grenville orogeny was a major Precambrian mountain-building event that helped assemble the supercontinent Rodinia and formed the ancient core of parts of North America and other continents.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Grenville orogeny canonical	4
Grenville orogeny (as basement framework)	1
Grenvillian orogenic cycle	1
Grenvillian orogeny	1
Sunrise orogeny	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Precambrian orogeny ⓘ geological event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ
associatedWith	amphibolite-facies metamorphism ⓘ crustal shortening ⓘ high-grade granulite-facies metamorphism ⓘ large-scale thrust faulting ⓘ syn-orogenic magmatism ⓘ
causedBy	collision of Laurentia with Amazonia and other cratons ⓘ
continentAffected	Amazonia ⓘ Baltica ⓘ Laurentia ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ West African Craton ⓘ surface form: West Africa craton
followedBy	breakup of Rodinia ⓘ
formedCoreOf	Appalachian region basement ⓘ Canadian Shield ⓘ Llano uplift ⓘ surface form: Llano uplift basement Midcontinent basement rocks ⓘ eastern and central North America ⓘ
geologicEon	Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicEra	Mesoproterozoic Era ⓘ Neoproterozoic Era ⓘ
namedAfter	Grenville Province ⓘ
orogenicCycle	Grenville orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grenvillian orogenic cycle
partOf	supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ surface form: assembly of Rodinia
peakMetamorphismAge	about 1100 million years ago ⓘ
precededBy	Pinwarian orogeny ⓘ
preservedIn	Adirondack Mountains basement ⓘ Amazonian craton ⓘ surface form: Amazonian craton basement East European Craton ⓘ surface form: Baltic Shield basement Blue Ridge basement complex ⓘ Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield ⓘ Laurentian margin basement ⓘ Llano uplift ⓘ surface form: Llano uplift of Texas Midcontinent Granite-Rhyolite Province margins ⓘ Oaxacan Complex of Mexico ⓘ Ottawa Valley ⓘ surface form: Ottawa River valley basement West African Craton ⓘ surface form: West African craton basement
relatedTo	Kibaran orogeny ⓘ Namaqua-Natal orogeny ⓘ Grenville orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sunrise orogeny Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of high-grade metamorphic belts ⓘ formation of large batholiths ⓘ mountain building ⓘ thickening of continental crust ⓘ
significance	formed ancient continental cores of several present-day continents ⓘ helped assemble the supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
tectonicSetting	continental collision ⓘ supercontinent assembly ⓘ
timeEnd	approximately 980 million years ago ⓘ
timeStart	approximately 1300 million years ago ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

supercontinent Rodinia → associatedWith → Grenville orogeny ⓘ

subject surface form: Rodinia

Mesoproterozoic Era → associatedWith → Grenville orogeny ⓘ

Laurentia → experienced → Grenville orogeny ⓘ

Grenville orogenic belt → orogenicCycle → Grenville orogeny ⓘ

Grenville orogeny → orogenicCycle → Grenville orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grenvillian orogenic cycle

Grenville orogeny → relatedTo → Grenville orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunrise orogeny

Cadomian orogeny → precededBy → Grenville orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grenvillian orogeny

Appalachian geology → relatedTo → Grenville orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grenville orogeny (as basement framework)