Pinwarian orogeny

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The Pinwarian orogeny was a Precambrian mountain-building event recorded in the Canadian Shield that predates and helped set the tectonic framework for the later Grenville orogeny.

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Pinwarian orogeny canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event
orogeny
affects Laurentian craton NERFINISHED
age Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic
associatedWith Proterozoic crustal growth in eastern Canada
continent Laurentia NERFINISHED
geologicalPeriod Precambrian NERFINISHED
helpedSetFrameworkFor Grenville orogeny NERFINISHED
orogenicBelt Pinwarian belt NERFINISHED
partOf Precambrian tectonic evolution of Laurentia NERFINISHED
preceded Grenville orogeny NERFINISHED
precedesInTime Grenville orogeny NERFINISHED
process crustal thickening
mountain building
tectonic accretion
recordedBy igneous intrusions in the Canadian Shield
metamorphic rocks of the Canadian Shield
recordedIn Canadian Shield NERFINISHED
relatedTo Grenville Province NERFINISHED
resultedIn crustal stabilization
development of tectonic framework for Grenville orogeny
tectonicSetting Canadian Shield NERFINISHED
tectonicStyle accretionary orogeny
collisional orogeny

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Grenville orogeny precededBy Pinwarian orogeny