Grenville orogeny

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The Grenville orogeny was a major Precambrian mountain-building event that helped assemble the supercontinent Rodinia and formed the ancient core of parts of North America and other continents.

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian orogeny ⓘ
geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
associatedWith amphibolite-facies metamorphism ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
high-grade granulite-facies metamorphism ⓘ
large-scale thrust faulting ⓘ
syn-orogenic magmatism ⓘ
causedBy collision of Laurentia with Amazonia and other cratons ⓘ
continentAffected Amazonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
West Africa craton ⓘ
linked to: West African Craton
followedBy breakup of Rodinia ⓘ
formedCoreOf Appalachian region basement ⓘ
Canadian Shield ⓘ
Llano uplift basement ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift

Midcontinent basement rocks ⓘ
eastern and central North America ⓘ
geologicEon Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicEra Mesoproterozoic Era ⓘ
Neoproterozoic Era ⓘ
namedAfter Grenville Province ⓘ
orogenicCycle Grenvillian orogenic cycle ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
partOf assembly of Rodinia ⓘ
peakMetamorphismAge about 1100 million years ago ⓘ
precededBy Pinwarian orogeny ⓘ
preservedIn Adirondack Mountains basement ⓘ
Amazonian craton basement ⓘ
linked to: Amazonian craton

Baltic Shield basement ⓘ
Blue Ridge basement complex ⓘ
Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield ⓘ
Laurentian margin basement ⓘ
Llano uplift of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift

Midcontinent Granite-Rhyolite Province margins ⓘ
Oaxacan Complex of Mexico ⓘ
Ottawa River valley basement ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Valley

West African craton basement ⓘ
linked to: West African Craton
relatedTo Kibaran orogeny ⓘ
Namaqua-Natal orogeny ⓘ
Sunrise orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny

Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
resultedIn formation of high-grade metamorphic belts ⓘ
formation of large batholiths ⓘ
mountain building ⓘ
thickening of continental crust ⓘ
significance formed ancient continental cores of several present-day continents ⓘ
helped assemble the supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental collision ⓘ
supercontinent assembly ⓘ
timeEnd approximately 980 million years ago ⓘ
timeStart approximately 1300 million years ago ⓘ

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

Rodinia → associatedWith → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
Mesoproterozoic Era → associatedWith → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Laurentia → experienced → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Grenville orogenic belt → orogenicCycle → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Grenville orogeny → orogenicCycle → Grenvillian orogenic cycle ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Grenville orogeny → relatedTo → Sunrise orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Cadomian orogeny → precededBy → Grenvillian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Appalachian geology → relatedTo → Grenville orogeny (as basement framework) ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Sveconorwegian orogeny → relatedTo → Grenvillian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Sveconorwegian orogeny → temporalCorrelation → Grenvillian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Enchanted Rock batholith → formedDuring → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Grenville Province → formedDuring → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Grenville Province → namedAfter → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Llano Uplift → relatedTo → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
subject linked to: Llano uplift
Oaxacan Complex of Mexico → associatedWith → Grenvillian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Namaqua-Natal orogeny → partOf → Grenville-age orogenic belts ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Namaqua-Natal orogeny → orogenicBeltType → Grenvillian ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Namaqua-Natal orogeny → relatedTo → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Kibaran orogeny → orogenicCycle → Grenvillian orogenic cycle ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
Kibaran orogeny → correlatesWith → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Pinwarian orogeny → preceded → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Pinwarian orogeny → helpedSetFrameworkFor → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Pinwarian orogeny → precedesInTime → Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Labrador Trough → associatedWith → Grenville Orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny