Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system

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geologic province mountain range system orogenic belt

The Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system is a vast Paleozoic mountain-building belt that once stretched from present-day Canada through the eastern and southern United States into Mexico, formed during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Appalachian orogen 2
Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province ⓘ
mountain range system ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
extendsFrom Canada ⓘ
extendsTo Mexico ⓘ
eastern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: southern United States
formedDuring Carboniferous period ⓘ
Late Paleozoic ⓘ
Permian period ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Gulf Coast Basin ⓘ
surface form: North American craton and Gulf of Mexico basin
geologicAge Paleozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance coal basins ⓘ
hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
metallic mineral deposits ⓘ
hasMaximumActivity Late Carboniferous to Early Permian ⓘ
hasPart Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian orogen

Marathon orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Marathon orogen

Ouachita orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Ouachita orogen
hasStructuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
thin-skinned tectonics ⓘ
knownFor long linear mountain belt ⓘ
record of Paleozoic plate convergence ⓘ
linkedTo Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
European Variscan Belt ⓘ
surface form: Variscan–Hercynian orogenic belt
locatedIn North America ⓘ
oriented roughly northeast–southwest ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
partOf Paleozoic orogenies ⓘ
supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea assembly
preserves deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
recordedIn North American stratigraphy ⓘ
relatedTo Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Marathon Mountains ⓘ
Ouachita Mountains ⓘ
researchField paleogeography ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
resultedFrom assembly of Pangaea ⓘ
closure of the Rheic Ocean ⓘ
collision of Laurentia and Gondwana ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental–continental collision ⓘ
convergent plate boundary ⓘ
underlies Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain

Gulf Coastal Plain ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ouachita orogeny → overlapsWith → Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system ⓘ
Appalachian gold belt → partOf → Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian orogen
Manhattan schist → isPartOf → Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian orogen