closure of Iapetus Ocean
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The closure of the Iapetus Ocean was a major Paleozoic tectonic event in which ancient continental plates converged, leading to the formation of mountain belts such as the Appalachians and Caledonides.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleozoic orogeny
ⓘ
ocean closure ⓘ tectonic event ⓘ |
| endTime |
Devonian Period
ⓘ
middle Paleozoic ⓘ |
| followedBy |
assembly of Pangaea
ⓘ
opening of Rheic Ocean ⓘ |
| follows | opening of Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | Wilson cycle ⓘ |
| hasCause |
plate convergence
ⓘ
subduction of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
collision of Laurentia and Avalonia
ⓘ
collision of Laurentia and Baltica ⓘ continental suturing ⓘ crustal thickening ⓘ deformation of passive margin sediments ⓘ development of major suture zones ⓘ formation of Appalachian Mountains ⓘ formation of Caledonian Mountains ⓘ formation of Euramerica ⓘ formation of Grampian Highlands ⓘ formation of Laurussia ⓘ formation of Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ granite magmatism ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ |
| involves |
Avalonia
ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ Laurentia ⓘ microcontinents ⓘ |
| location |
present-day British Isles
ⓘ
present-day Greenland ⓘ present-day Scandinavia ⓘ present-day eastern North America ⓘ proto-Atlantic region ⓘ |
| occursIn | Paleozoic Era ⓘ |
| partOf |
Acadian orogeny
ⓘ
Appalachian orogeny ⓘ Caledonian orogeny ⓘ Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
surface form:
Grampian orogeny
Taconic orogeny ⓘ assembly of Euramerica ⓘ assembly of Laurussia ⓘ |
| precededBy | rifting of Rodinia margins ⓘ |
| startTime |
Ordovician Period
ⓘ
early Paleozoic ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
metamorphic geology
ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
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