Taconic orogeny

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geological event mountain-building event orogeny

The Taconic orogeny was an early Paleozoic mountain-building event along the eastern margin of ancient North America that contributed significantly to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Taconic orogeny canonical	14
Taconic clastic wedge	1
Taconic orogenic cycle	1
Taconic orogenic framework	1
Taconic orogeny belt	1
Taconic tectophases	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological event ⓘ mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ
affects	Appalachian Basin ⓘ New England ⓘ New York ⓘ island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland Pennsylvania ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
associatedWith	Blountian tectophase ⓘ Taconic volcanic arc ⓘ closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
causedBy	collision of island arcs with Laurentia ⓘ subduction of the Iapetus Ocean plate beneath Laurentia ⓘ
continentInvolved	Laurentia ⓘ surface form: Laurentia (ancient North America)
contributedTo	formation of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
endTime	Early Silurian ⓘ around 440 million years ago ⓘ
follows	early rifting of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
geologicalAge	Early Paleozoic ⓘ
locatedIn	Laurentia ⓘ eastern margin of ancient North America ⓘ present-day Appalachian region ⓘ
namedAfter	Taconic Mountains ⓘ
partOf	Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
peakActivity	Middle to Late Ordovician ⓘ
period	Ordovician ⓘ
precedes	Acadian orogeny ⓘ
produced	Taconic orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taconic clastic wedge flysch deposits ⓘ fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ foreland basin subsidence ⓘ magmatic arcs ⓘ molasse deposits ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ thick clastic wedge deposits ⓘ
recordedIn	Ordovician sedimentary rocks of the Appalachian Basin ⓘ metamorphic rocks of New England ⓘ structural fabrics of the Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
resultedIn	angular unconformities in the Appalachian region ⓘ crustal thickening along eastern Laurentia ⓘ development of an accretionary prism ⓘ emplacement of ophiolites ⓘ uplift of the proto-Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
significance	major early Paleozoic orogenic phase of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
startTime	Late Cambrian ⓘ around 490 million years ago ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate margin ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appalachian orogeny → hasPart → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian orogeny → orogenyPhase → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Caledonian orogeny → precededBy → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Taconic Mountains → geologicalProvince → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taconic orogeny belt

Taconic Mountains → formedBy → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Taconic orogeny → produced → Taconic orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taconic clastic wedge

closure of Iapetus Ocean → partOf → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Acadian orogeny → follows → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians → orogeny → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Iapetus Ocean → closureResultedIn → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Manhattan schist → formedDuring → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian Basin → formedBy → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Taconic volcanic arc → orogeny → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Taconic volcanic arc → partOf → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Blountian tectophase → partOf → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

Blountian tectophase → associatedWith → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taconic orogenic cycle

Blountian tectophase → relatedTo → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taconic tectophases

Blountian tectophase → definedWithin → Taconic orogeny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taconic orogenic framework

Appalachian geology → relatedTo → Taconic orogeny ⓘ