Damara orogeny
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The Damara orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic mountain-building event in present-day Namibia associated with the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damara Orogen | 1 |
| Damara orogeny canonical | 1 |
| Gariep orogeny | 1 |
| Kaoko orogeny | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4648331 — 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: Damara orogeny Context triple: [Pan-African orogeny, hasPart, Damara 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.
Marathon orogeny
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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E.
Yanshanian orogeny
The Yanshanian orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in northern China that significantly reshaped the geology and structure of the Yan Mountains and surrounding regions.
- 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: Damara orogeny Target entity description: The Damara orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic mountain-building event in present-day Namibia associated with the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.
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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.
Marathon orogeny
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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E.
Yanshanian orogeny
The Yanshanian orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in northern China that significantly reshaped the geology and structure of the Yan Mountains and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain-building event
ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ |
| age |
Neoproterozoic
ⓘ
early Paleozoic ⓘ |
| associatedMineralization |
base metal deposits
ⓘ
uranium deposits in central Namibia ⓘ |
| associatedRockType |
granitoids
ⓘ
marbles ⓘ metasedimentary rocks ⓘ metavolcanic rocks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gondwana supercontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
Gondwana
assembly of Gondwana ⓘ |
| causedBy | collision of Congo Craton and Kalahari Craton ⓘ |
| continent | Gondwana ⓘ |
| developedAlong |
Damara Belt
ⓘ
intra-continental mobile belt ⓘ |
| endPeriod | early Paleozoic ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
Pan-African–Brasiliano orogenic system
ⓘ
linked to:
Pan-African orogeny
|
| geodynamicContext | Gondwana amalgamation ⓘ |
| involvesCraton |
Congo Craton
ⓘ
Kalahari Craton ⓘ Rio de la Plata Craton ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Namibia
ⓘ
Southwestern Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOn | African Plate ⓘ |
| metamorphicGrade |
amphibolite facies
ⓘ
granulite facies ⓘ greenschist facies ⓘ |
| orogenicBelt | Damara Belt ⓘ |
| partOf | Pan-African orogeny ⓘ |
| peakActivityApproxMa | around 550–500 Ma ⓘ |
| precededBy | rifting of Rodinia fragments in southwestern Gondwana region ⓘ |
| relatedOrogen |
East African orogeny
ⓘ
linked to:
Pan-African orogeny
Gariep orogeny ⓘ
linked to:
Damara orogeny
Kaoko orogeny ⓘ
linked to:
Damara orogeny
Kuunga orogeny ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
folding and thrusting of crustal rocks
ⓘ
formation of Damara Belt ⓘ granite intrusions in central Namibia ⓘ metamorphism of sedimentary basins in Namibia ⓘ |
| significance | records late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic plate convergence in southwestern Gondwana ⓘ |
| startPeriod |
Neoproterozoic
ⓘ
linked to:
Neoproterozoic Era
|
| structuralTrend | ENE–WSW ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
metamorphic petrology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess |
continental collision
ⓘ
subduction ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Damara orogeny Description of subject: The Damara orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic mountain-building event in present-day Namibia associated with the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.
Referenced by (4)
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