Hellenides

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The Hellenides are a complex mountain system in Greece and the surrounding region, formed by the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates and characterized by intense folding, faulting, and seismic activity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hellenides canonical 5
External Hellenides 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain system ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
associatedWith Aegean microplate ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Sea Plate

Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Hellenic Trench ⓘ
characterizedBy high seismic activity ⓘ
intense faulting ⓘ
intense folding ⓘ
contains External Hellenides ⓘ
linked to: Hellenides

Internal Hellenides ⓘ
Ionian Zone ⓘ
Pelagonian Zone ⓘ
Pindus Mountains ⓘ
Rhodope Massif ⓘ
linked to: Rhodope Mountains
country Greece ⓘ
deformationStyle compressional ⓘ
extensional back-arc tectonics ⓘ
extendsInto Aegean region ⓘ
linked to: Aegean coast

Albania ⓘ
western Turkey ⓘ
formedBy collision of African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
hasActivity ongoing crustal deformation ⓘ
hasFeature fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ
metamorphic core complexes ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
highestPeakRegion Pindus range ⓘ
linked to: Pindus Mountains
influences Aegean Sea morphology ⓘ
seismic hazard in Greece ⓘ
topography of Greece ⓘ
lithology flysch ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
ophiolites ⓘ
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
locatedOn Eurasian Plate ⓘ
orogeny Alpine orogeny ⓘ
partOf Alpine orogenic system ⓘ
process subduction of African Plate beneath Eurasian Plate ⓘ
relatedTo Aegean extensional tectonics ⓘ
Mediterranean Ridge ⓘ
researchField seismology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Hellenides → contains → External Hellenides ⓘ
linked to: Hellenides
Adriatic Plate → associatedWith → Hellenides ⓘ
Pelagonian Zone → partOf → Hellenides ⓘ
Ionian Zone → partOf → Hellenides ⓘ