Namaqua-Natal orogeny
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The Namaqua-Natal orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age orogenic belts associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain-building event
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orogeny ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Namaqua Province
NERFINISHED
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Natal belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | late Mesoproterozoic ⓘ |
| continentDuringEvent | Rodinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryPresentDay |
Namibia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deforms | Namaqua-Natal Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Namaqua-Natal Belt evolution ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Mesoproterozoic ⓘ |
| linkedProcess | supercontinent assembly ⓘ |
| linkedSupercontinent | Rodinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogenicBeltType | Grenvillian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Grenville-age orogenic belts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pan-African–Grenvillian orogenic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Grenville orogeny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kibaran orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Umkondo large igneous province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
crustal thickening
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formation of high-grade metamorphic terranes ⓘ granite magmatism ⓘ metamorphism ⓘ |
| significance |
constrains timing of Rodinia assembly in southern Gondwana sector
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records Mesoproterozoic tectonics of southern Africa ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
Grenvillian collisional belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.