Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system

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The Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system is a vast Paleozoic mountain-building belt that once stretched from present-day Canada through the eastern and southern United States into Mexico, formed during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province ⓘ
mountain range system ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
extendsFrom Canada ⓘ
extendsTo Mexico ⓘ
eastern United States ⓘ
southern United States ⓘ
formedDuring Carboniferous period ⓘ
Late Paleozoic ⓘ
Permian period ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween North American craton and Gulf of Mexico basin ⓘ
linked to: Gulf Coast Basin
geologicAge Paleozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance coal basins ⓘ
hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
metallic mineral deposits ⓘ
hasMaximumActivity Late Carboniferous to Early Permian ⓘ
hasPart Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian orogeny

Marathon orogen ⓘ
linked to: Marathon orogeny

Ouachita orogen ⓘ
linked to: Ouachita orogeny
hasStructuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
thin-skinned tectonics ⓘ
knownFor long linear mountain belt ⓘ
record of Paleozoic plate convergence ⓘ
linkedTo Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Variscan–Hercynian orogenic belt ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
oriented roughly northeast–southwest ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
partOf Paleozoic orogenies ⓘ
Pangaea assembly ⓘ
preserves deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
recordedIn North American stratigraphy ⓘ
relatedTo Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Marathon Mountains ⓘ
Ouachita Mountains ⓘ
researchField paleogeography ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
resultedFrom assembly of Pangaea ⓘ
closure of the Rheic Ocean ⓘ
collision of Laurentia and Gondwana ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental–continental collision ⓘ
convergent plate boundary ⓘ
underlies Atlantic Coastal Plain ⓘ
Gulf Coastal Plain ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ouachita orogeny → overlapsWith → Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system ⓘ
Appalachian gold belt → partOf → Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system
Manhattan schist → isPartOf → Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system
Laurentian craton → boundedBy → Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system
Charlotte Belt → partOf → Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system
Hudson Highlands metamorphic terrane → partOf → Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system