Acadian orogeny

E89371

geological event mountain-building event orogeny

The Acadian orogeny was a major Middle Paleozoic mountain-building event that significantly shaped the northern Appalachian Mountains through the collision of ancient landmasses.

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Label	Occurrences
Acadian orogeny canonical	17

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological event ⓘ mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ
affects	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ surface form: Canadian Appalachians Gaspé Peninsula ⓘ Maritime Provinces ⓘ surface form: Maritime Provinces of Canada New England ⓘ surface form: New England region Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland northern Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
causedBy	closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ collision of Avalonia with Laurentia ⓘ
discoveredBy	19th-century geologists studying the Appalachians ⓘ
endTime	Devonian Period ⓘ surface form: Devonian period approximately 360 million years ago ⓘ
follows	Taconic orogeny ⓘ
hasEffectOn	paleogeography of eastern North America ⓘ sedimentation patterns in the Appalachian Basin ⓘ
hasPart	Acadian climax phase ⓘ early Acadian phase ⓘ late Acadian phase ⓘ multiple deformation phases ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Acadia ⓘ
occursIn	Middle Paleozoic ⓘ
orogenAssociatedWith	Avalonia ⓘ Laurentia ⓘ microcontinents of the northern Appalachians ⓘ
partOf	Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
precedes	Appalachian orogeny ⓘ surface form: Alleghanian orogeny
produces	gneiss ⓘ granite plutons ⓘ schist ⓘ slate ⓘ
relatedTo	Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
resultsIn	Catskill Delta complex ⓘ development of a foreland basin ⓘ folding of sedimentary rocks ⓘ plutonism ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ thick clastic wedge deposits ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ uplift of the northern Appalachians ⓘ
startTime	Devonian Period ⓘ surface form: Devonian period approximately 420 million years ago ⓘ
studiedIn	Appalachian geology ⓘ structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Appalachian orogeny → hasPart → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian orogeny → orogenyPhase → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Caledonian orogeny → relatedTo → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Devonian Period → paleogeography → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Taconic orogeny → precedes → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

closure of Iapetus Ocean → partOf → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Avalonia microcontinent → involvedInOrogeny → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Avalonia → orogenyAssociatedWith → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

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

Iapetus Ocean → closureResultedIn → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Laurussia continent → associatedWithOrogeny → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurussia

Manhattan schist → formedDuring → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian Basin → formedBy → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Taconic volcanic arc → precedes → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Catskill Delta complex → associatedWithOrogeny → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Appalachian geology → relatedTo → Acadian orogeny ⓘ

Laurussia → associatedWithOrogeny → Acadian orogeny ⓘ