Sevier orogeny

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geological event mountain-building event orogeny

The Sevier orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in western North America that produced extensive thrust faulting and deformation along the continental margin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sevier orogeny canonical 4
Sevier orogenic belt 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects Cordilleran orogenic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sevier fold-and-thrust belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Sevier thrust belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreland basin subsidence ⓘ
cause subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath North America ⓘ
characterizedBy east-directed thrust faulting ⓘ
fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ
thin-skinned deformation ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deformationStyle thin-skinned fold-and-thrust deformation ⓘ
deforms Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
endTime Paleogene ⓘ
fieldOfStudy geology of North America ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Mesozoic ⓘ
hasImpactOn sedimentary basin formation in the Western Interior ⓘ
topographic evolution of western North America ⓘ
hasProcess crustal shortening ⓘ
folding ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
location western North America ⓘ
namedAfter Sevier River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRegion Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlapsInTimeWith Laramide orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevadan orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cordilleran orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakActivity Cretaceous ⓘ
precedes Laramide orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
produced east-vergent thrust sheets ⓘ
large-scale imbricate thrust systems ⓘ
thick foreland basin sedimentary sequences ⓘ
relatedTo Cordilleran magmatic arc NERFINISHED ⓘ
Farallon Plate subduction ⓘ
result crustal shortening ⓘ
foreland basin development ⓘ
mountain building ⓘ
startTime Late Jurassic ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Keystone Thrust Fault → relatedTo → Sevier orogeny ⓘ
Cordilleran orogeny → associatedWith → Sevier orogeny ⓘ
Laramide orogeny → relatedEvent → Sevier orogeny ⓘ
Sierra Nevada orogeny → relatedTo → Sevier orogeny ⓘ
Western Interior Basin → boundedBy → Sevier orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sevier orogenic belt