Sveconorwegian orogeny
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The Sveconorwegian orogeny was a major Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped much of southwestern Scandinavia, forming part of the ancient basement rocks of the Fennoscandian region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sveconorwegian orogeny canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoproterozoic orogeny
ⓘ
geological event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affects |
Baltic Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fennoscandian basement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
large-scale ductile deformation
ⓘ
partial melting of crust ⓘ shear zones in southwestern Scandinavia ⓘ |
| causedBy |
continental collision
ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ thickening of continental crust ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 240 million years ⓘ |
| endTime | approximately 0.90 billion years ago ⓘ |
| forms |
basement rocks of southwestern Scandinavia
ⓘ
gneiss complexes ⓘ granulite-facies rocks ⓘ high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ migmatites ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Mesoproterozoic ⓘ |
| includesPhase |
early accretionary phase
ⓘ
late extensional and exhumation phase ⓘ main collisional phase ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Norway
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ southwestern Scandinavia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sveconorwegian Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogenyType | collisional orogeny ⓘ |
| partOf | Fennoscandian Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakMetamorphism | high-grade amphibolite to granulite facies ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gothian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
Sveconorwegian gneiss domes
ⓘ
syn-orogenic granites ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Grenvillian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Precambrian geology
ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| result |
deformation of pre-existing crust
ⓘ
granitoid magmatism ⓘ mountain belt formation in southwestern Fennoscandia ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ |
| significance |
key event in Proterozoic assembly of southwestern Baltica
ⓘ
major crust-forming event in Fennoscandia ⓘ |
| startTime | approximately 1.14 billion years ago ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | margin of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ |
| temporalCorrelation | Grenvillian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.