Laramide orogeny

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The Laramide orogeny was a major mountain-building event that occurred in western North America from the Late Cretaceous to early Paleogene, responsible for uplifting ranges such as the Rocky Mountains and parts of Alaska.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Laramide orogeny canonical 38
Laramide uplift 2
Laramide uplifts 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affectedRange Bighorn Mountains ⓘ
Black Hills ⓘ
Front Range ⓘ
Laramie Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Uinta Mountains ⓘ
Wind River Range ⓘ
affectedRegion Alaska ⓘ
Alberta ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
cause subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath the North American Plate ⓘ
chronologicalPosition earlier than Basin and Range extension ⓘ
later than Sevier orogeny ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime early Paleogene ⓘ
field geology of North America ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Cretaceous ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
influenced distribution of sedimentary basins in the western interior of North America ⓘ
hydrocarbon accumulation in the Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
modern topography of the central and southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Laramie Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Laramie Range
process basin formation ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
thick-skinned deformation ⓘ
uplift ⓘ
region western North America ⓘ
relatedEvent Nevadan orogeny ⓘ
Sevier orogeny ⓘ
result development of foreland basins ⓘ
formation of intermontane basins ⓘ
reactivation of basement faults ⓘ
uplift of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
startTime Late Cretaceous ⓘ
tectonicSetting flat-slab subduction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (43)

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

Alaska Range → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Farallon Plate → associatedWith → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Rocky Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Rocky Mountains → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
American Cordillera → orogenyType → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Raton Basin → formedBy → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Cordilleran orogeny → resultedIn → Laramide uplifts ⓘ
linked to: Laramide orogeny
Cordilleran orogeny → associatedWith → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Interior Ranges → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
snow-capped Rocky Mountains → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Western Interior Basin → boundedBy → Laramide uplifts ⓘ
linked to: Laramide orogeny
Rocky Mountain region → geologicalOrigin → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Sierra Madre mountain system → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Apishapa uplift → hasGeologicAge → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Apishapa uplift → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Blood of Christ Mountains → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Sevier orogeny → precedes → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Sevier orogeny → overlapsInTimeWith → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Park Ranges → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Laramie Range → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Bighorn Mountains → geologicalFeature → Laramide uplift ⓘ
linked to: Laramide orogeny
Rocky Mountain fault system → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Culebra Range → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Mission Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Lewis Range → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Waterpocket Fold → formedBy → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Waterpocket Fold monocline → geologicAge → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Comb Ridge → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Idaho batholith → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Lemhi Range → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Crazy Mountains → geologicalAge → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Madison Range → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Deer Lodge Mountains → geologicalType → Laramide uplift ⓘ
linked to: Laramide orogeny
San Juan Basin → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Insular Orogeny → relatedTo → Laramide Orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Laramide orogeny
Gros Ventre Range → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Green River Basin → formedDuring → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Northern Rocky Mountains → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ
Mackenzie Mountains → orogeny → Laramide orogeny ⓘ