Karelian orogeny
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The Karelian orogeny was an ancient Paleoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped much of the bedrock and geological structure of the Fennoscandian Shield in northern Europe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ |
| affects |
Fennoscandian Shield bedrock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
geological structure of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleoproterozoic magmatism in Fennoscandia
ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic sedimentation in Fennoscandia ⓘ Paleoproterozoic tectonic convergence ⓘ |
| causedBy | plate tectonic convergence in the Paleoproterozoic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Svecofennian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleoproterozoic ⓘ |
| involves |
deformation of Archean cratons
ⓘ
folding of supracrustal sequences ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fennoscandian Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Baltic Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karelia Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogenyType | mountain-building event ⓘ |
| partOf | Fennoscandian Shield geological history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Archean crustal evolution in Fennoscandia ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
metamorphic rocks of Russian Karelia
ⓘ
metamorphic rocks of northern Finland ⓘ metamorphic rocks of northern Sweden ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
assembly of early Proterozoic continental crust in Baltica
ⓘ
global Paleoproterozoic orogenic cycles ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
crustal thickening in Fennoscandia
ⓘ
deformation of early Proterozoic sedimentary basins ⓘ formation of mountain belts in the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ metamorphism of Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks ⓘ |
| shaped |
distribution of metamorphic belts in northern Fennoscandia
ⓘ
regional structural grain of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ |
| significance | major early Proterozoic orogenic phase in Fennoscandia ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Precambrian geology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
accretionary orogeny
ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ |
| timePosition | early Proterozoic ⓘ |
| timeSpan | Paleoproterozoic Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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