Carpathian orogeny
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The Carpathian orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for forming the Carpathian Mountains through the collision and deformation of tectonic plates in Central and Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carpathian orogeny canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affectsRegion |
Austria
NERFINISHED
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Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carpathian arc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carpathian flysch belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Carpathian foredeep NERFINISHED ⓘ Carpathian volcanic arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causedBy |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
subduction ⓘ tectonic plate collision ⓘ |
| drivesProcess |
basin inversion
ⓘ
nappe emplacement ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ |
| forms | Carpathian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSegment |
Eastern Carpathians
NERFINISHED
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Inner Carpathians NERFINISHED ⓘ Outer Carpathians NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Carpathians NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Carpathians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesPlate |
Adria microplate
NERFINISHED
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African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ European foreland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| mainPhase |
Late Cretaceous
ⓘ
Neogene NERFINISHED ⓘ Paleogene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Alpine orogenic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Alpine orogeny
NERFINISHED
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Dinaric orogeny ⓘ Pannonian Basin evolution ⓘ |
| resultsIn |
Pannonian Basin subsidence
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arc-shaped mountain chain ⓘ crustal thickening ⓘ fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ foreland basin ⓘ magmatism ⓘ metamorphism ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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