Innuitian orogeny
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The Innuitian orogeny was a major mountain-building event that formed much of the Arctic Cordillera in the Canadian High Arctic during the Paleozoic era.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affectedGeologicalProvince |
Arctic Cordillera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Innuitian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affects |
geology of Axel Heiberg Island
ⓘ
geology of Ellesmere Island ⓘ geology of adjacent Arctic islands ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | Paleozoic mountain-building event ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
historical geology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| formed | major structural trends of the Canadian High Arctic ⓘ |
| geologicalEra | Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
distribution of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the High Arctic
ⓘ
present-day topography of the Arctic Cordillera ⓘ |
| involves |
deformation of sedimentary basins
ⓘ
uplift of Paleozoic strata ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Cordillera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ Canadian Arctic Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian High Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunavut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Innuitian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogenyType | fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ |
| partOf | tectonic history of North America ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Caledonian orogeny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellesmerian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ tectonic evolution of the Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
folding of sedimentary rocks ⓘ formation of the Innuitian Mountains ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ uplift of the Arctic Cordillera ⓘ |
| significance | major Paleozoic orogenic event in the Canadian Arctic ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess | compression ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
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