Charlotte Belt

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The Charlotte Belt is a geologic terrane in the southeastern United States characterized by metamorphic and igneous rocks that help define the region’s complex tectonic history.

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Label Occurrences
Charlotte Belt canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic terrane ⓘ
igneous terrane ⓘ
metamorphic terrane ⓘ
age Carboniferous ⓘ
Devonian ⓘ
Ordovician ⓘ
Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Permian ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
borders Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
Inner Piedmont terrane ⓘ
Kings Mountain Belt ⓘ
linked to: Carolina Slate Belt
country United States ⓘ
fieldOfStudy geology ⓘ
hasLithology felsic plutonic rocks ⓘ
intermediate plutonic rocks ⓘ
mafic plutonic rocks ⓘ
volcanic arc–related rocks ⓘ
hasProcess deformation ⓘ
faulting ⓘ
folding ⓘ
plutonism ⓘ
regional metamorphism ⓘ
hasRockType amphibolite ⓘ
diorite ⓘ
gneiss ⓘ
granite ⓘ
granodiorite ⓘ
igneous rock ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ
metasedimentary rock ⓘ
metavolcanic rock ⓘ
plutonic rock ⓘ
schist ⓘ
tonalite ⓘ
volcanic rock ⓘ
locatedIn Piedmont region ⓘ
southeastern United States ⓘ
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies ⓘ
greenschist facies ⓘ
namedAfter Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
orogeny Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Piedmont ⓘ
linked to: Piedmont Plateau

Appalachian orogen ⓘ
relevantTo Appalachian tectonics ⓘ
Piedmont geology ⓘ
tectonic history of southeastern United States ⓘ
tectonicSetting accreted terrane ⓘ
convergent margin ⓘ
volcanic arc terrane ⓘ

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

Carolina Slate Belt → boundedBy → Charlotte Belt ⓘ