Yanshanian orogeny

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Mesozoic tectonic event geological event orogeny

The Yanshanian orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in northern China that significantly reshaped the geology and structure of the Yan Mountains and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Yanshanian magmatism 1
Yanshanian orogeny canonical 1
Yanshanian tectonic phase 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesozoic tectonic event ⓘ
geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects North China Craton ⓘ
Yan Mountains ⓘ
associatedWith Yanshanian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yanshanian magmatism

Yanshanian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yanshanian tectonic phase
causedBy subduction-related tectonics ⓘ
tectonic compression ⓘ
chronology Cretaceous extensional overprint ⓘ
early Jurassic deformation phase ⓘ
late Jurassic deformation phase ⓘ
multi-stage tectonic evolution ⓘ
country China ⓘ
deformationStyle compressional ⓘ
transpressional ⓘ
endTime Cretaceous ⓘ
fieldOfStudy orogenic processes ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Mesozoic
influences basin-and-range style structures in northern China ⓘ
distribution of Mesozoic volcanic rocks in North China ⓘ
locatedIn northern China ⓘ
namedAfter Yan Mountains ⓘ
overprints older Paleozoic structures in North China Craton ⓘ
partOf Mesozoic tectonic evolution of East Asia ⓘ
process crustal shortening ⓘ
folding ⓘ
granitoid intrusion ⓘ
magmatism ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
region North China ⓘ
Northeast Asia ⓘ
result development of large-scale faults ⓘ
formation of sedimentary basins ⓘ
mountain building ⓘ
reconfiguration of regional stress field ⓘ
rejuvenation of North China Craton margins ⓘ
uplift of Yan Mountains ⓘ
significance important for mineralization and ore formation in northern China ⓘ
key event in the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton ⓘ
major Mesozoic mountain-building event in northern China ⓘ
startTime Jurassic ⓘ

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

Yan Mountains → orogeny → Yanshanian orogeny ⓘ
Yanshanian orogeny → associatedWith → Yanshanian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yanshanian magmatism
Yanshanian orogeny → associatedWith → Yanshanian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yanshanian tectonic phase