Cadomian orogeny
E231238
The Cadomian orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped parts of what are now western Europe, contributing to the assembly of the supercontinent Pannotia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cadomian orogeny canonical | 5 |
| Cadomian basement | 2 |
| Cadomian belt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2026722 — 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: Cadomian orogeny Context triple: [Pannotia, associatedWithOrogeny, Cadomian orogeny]
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A.
Grenville 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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B.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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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.
Pan-African orogeny
The Pan-African orogeny was a widespread Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that assembled parts of the supercontinent Gondwana across Africa and adjoining regions.
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E.
Caledonian orogeny
The Caledonian orogeny was a major Paleozoic mountain-building event that formed ranges across what are now Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, and parts of North America as ancient continents collided.
- 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: Cadomian orogeny Target entity description: The Cadomian orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped parts of what are now western Europe, contributing to the assembly of the supercontinent Pannotia.
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A.
Grenville 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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B.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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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.
Pan-African orogeny
The Pan-African orogeny was a widespread Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that assembled parts of the supercontinent Gondwana across Africa and adjoining regions.
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E.
Caledonian orogeny
The Caledonian orogeny was a major Paleozoic mountain-building event that formed ranges across what are now Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, and parts of North America as ancient continents collided.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoproterozoic orogeny
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geological event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affectedLithology |
Neoproterozoic volcanic and sedimentary sequences
ⓘ
gneisses ⓘ granites ⓘ schists ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Armorican Massif
ⓘ
Bohemian Massif ⓘ Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form:
Channel Islands
Iberian Massif ⓘ Normandy ⓘ northern France ⓘ southern England ⓘ |
| approximateAge | circa 650–540 million years ago ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cadomian orogeny
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cadomian basement
Neoproterozoic arc terranes of western Europe ⓘ formation of peri-Gondwanan terranes ⓘ |
| causedBy | subduction of oceanic crust beneath a continental margin ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition |
older than the Caledonian orogeny
ⓘ
pre-dates the Variscan orogeny ⓘ |
| contributedTo | assembly of the supercontinent Pannotia ⓘ |
| endTime | late Neoproterozoic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pan-African orogeny ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod |
Neoproterozoic Era
ⓘ
surface form:
Neoproterozoic
|
| linkedTo | Pan-African orogeny ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Western Europe
ⓘ
surface form:
western Europe
|
| namedAfter |
Cadomian orogeny
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cadomian belt
|
| partOf |
Pan-African orogeny
ⓘ
surface form:
Pan-African orogenic cycle
assembly of Pannotia ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Grenville orogeny
ⓘ
surface form:
Grenvillian orogeny
|
| relatedTo | Avalonian–Cadomian orogenic belt ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
accretion of terranes to the West African Craton margin
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crustal thickening ⓘ granitoid intrusions ⓘ magmatism ⓘ metamorphism ⓘ volcanic arc complexes ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the early basement framework of western Europe
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records late Neoproterozoic plate convergence along the northern margin of Gondwana ⓘ |
| startTime | late Neoproterozoic ⓘ |
| structuralStyle |
fold-and-thrust belt deformation
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high-grade metamorphic core zones ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
active continental margin
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subduction-related arc ⓘ |
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Subject: Cadomian orogeny Description of subject: The Cadomian orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped parts of what are now western Europe, contributing to the assembly of the supercontinent Pannotia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pannotia
this entity surface form:
Cadomian belt
this entity surface form:
Cadomian basement
this entity surface form:
Cadomian basement