Marathon orogeny
E402691
The Marathon orogeny was a late Paleozoic mountain-building event in what is now western Texas, associated with the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marathon orogen | 1 |
| Marathon orogeny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3946005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marathon orogeny Context triple: [Ouachita orogeny, relatedTo, Marathon orogeny]
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A.
Grenville orogeny
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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B.
Cadomian orogeny
The Cadomian orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped parts of what are now western Europe, contributing to the assembly of the supercontinent Pannotia.
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C.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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D.
Taconic orogeny
The Taconic orogeny was an early Paleozoic mountain-building event along the eastern margin of ancient North America that contributed significantly to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains.
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E.
Cascadian orogeny
The Cascadian orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building episode responsible for forming the Cascade Range through subduction-related tectonic activity along western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marathon orogeny Target entity description: The Marathon orogeny was a late Paleozoic mountain-building event in what is now western Texas, associated with the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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A.
Grenville orogeny
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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B.
Cadomian orogeny
The Cadomian orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped parts of what are now western Europe, contributing to the assembly of the supercontinent Pannotia.
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C.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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D.
Taconic orogeny
The Taconic orogeny was an early Paleozoic mountain-building event along the eastern margin of ancient North America that contributed significantly to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains.
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E.
Cascadian orogeny
The Cascadian orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building episode responsible for forming the Cascade Range through subduction-related tectonic activity along western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| age | approximately 320–270 million years ago ⓘ |
| associatedWith | assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ |
| cause | collision of continental plates ⓘ |
| continent |
Gondwana
ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ |
| deforms | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod |
Late Paleozoic
ⓘ
Pennsylvanian ⓘ Permian ⓘ
linked to:
Permian Period
|
| locatedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
western Texas ⓘ |
| orogenicBelt | Marathon fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ |
| overprints | earlier passive-margin strata ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ouachita orogenic belt
ⓘ
linked to:
Ouachita orogeny
late Paleozoic orogenies of North America ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Marathon Basin
ⓘ
Trans-Pecos Texas ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-Pecos region
|
| relatedTo |
Alleghanian orogeny
ⓘ
linked to:
Appalachian orogeny
Ouachita orogeny ⓘ Variscan orogeny ⓘ |
| researchField |
regional geology of Texas
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
crustal shortening
ⓘ
fold-and-thrust deformation of Paleozoic strata ⓘ uplift of the Marathon region ⓘ |
| significance | records late stages of Pangaea assembly in southern Laurentia ⓘ |
| structuralStyle | thin-skinned tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marathon orogeny Description of subject: The Marathon orogeny was a late Paleozoic mountain-building event in what is now western Texas, associated with the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marathon orogeny