passive margin of Gondwana
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The passive margin of Gondwana was the long, tectonically quiet continental edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, where thick sedimentary sequences accumulated and from which various microcontinents, such as Avalonia, later rifted away.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| passive margin of Gondwana canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological feature
ⓘ
passive continental margin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Avalonian–Cadomian belt
ⓘ
Gondwanan rifted margins ⓘ Iapetus Ocean opening ⓘ Rheic Ocean opening ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Gondwana interior
ⓘ
proto-oceanic basins ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
long-lived subsidence
ⓘ
passive rifting ⓘ thick sedimentary sequences ⓘ |
| developedDuring |
Neoproterozoic Era
ⓘ
surface form:
Neoproterozoic
Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ early Mesozoic ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Gondwana crust ⓘ |
| followedBy | breakup of Gondwana ⓘ |
| hasEconomicResource |
hydrocarbon-bearing basins
ⓘ
potential mineral deposits ⓘ |
| hasLithology |
carbonate platforms
ⓘ
marine shelf sediments ⓘ thick siliciclastic sequences ⓘ turbidites ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
continental breakup
ⓘ
rifting ⓘ sedimentary basin formation ⓘ thermal subsidence ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | tectonically quiet continental edge ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
paleo-Pacific realm
ⓘ
paleo-Tethys realm ⓘ southern hemisphere ⓘ |
| partOf | Gondwana ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
assembly of Pangea
ⓘ
evolution of early Paleozoic oceans ⓘ formation of circum-Atlantic margins ⓘ |
| precededBy | active continental margin of Gondwana ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Peri-Gondwanan terranes
ⓘ
orogenic belts around Gondwana ⓘ paleomagnetic data ⓘ stratigraphic correlations ⓘ |
| sourceOf |
Avalonia
ⓘ
Cadomia-related microcontinents ⓘ Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
surface form:
Carolina terrane
Peri-Gondwanan terranes ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
paleogeography of Gondwana
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.