Kuunga orogeny

E461991

The Kuunga orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic mountain-building event associated with the final assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent, particularly involving collisions along the margins of East and West Gondwana.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kuunga orogeny canonical 3
Gondwanide orogeny 1
Kuunga orogenic belt 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects Precambrian basement terranes ⓘ
associatedWith East Gondwana ⓘ
Gondwana supercontinent ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana

West Gondwana ⓘ
linked to: East Gondwana
chronologicalPosition early Paleozoic orogeny ⓘ
late Neoproterozoic orogeny ⓘ
endTime early Paleozoic ⓘ
forms Kuunga orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuunga orogeny
geodynamicContext closure of ocean basins between Gondwana fragments ⓘ
hasEffect continental collision ⓘ
crustal deformation ⓘ
metamorphism ⓘ
mountain belt formation ⓘ
hasLithology granitoid intrusions ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasOutcome formation of long-lived crustal shear zones ⓘ
suturing of Gondwana blocks ⓘ
hasProcess folding ⓘ
regional metamorphism ⓘ
thrusting ⓘ
involves collision of East Gondwana and West Gondwana margins ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
India ⓘ
Madagascar region ⓘ
linked to: Madagascar
namedAfter Kuunga belt ⓘ
linked to: Mozambique belt
occursIn Neoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era

Paleozoic ⓘ
partOf assembly of Gondwana ⓘ
playsRoleIn final amalgamation of Gondwana ⓘ
recordedIn metamorphic belts of East Gondwana margin ⓘ
relatedTo East African orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Pan-African orogeny

Pan-African orogeny ⓘ
startTime late Neoproterozoic ⓘ
supercontinentCycleStage final assembly of Gondwana ⓘ
tectonicSetting collisional orogeny ⓘ
timeApproximation circa 570–530 million years ago ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Pan-African orogeny → hasPart → Kuunga orogeny ⓘ
Gondwana → associatedWithOrogeny → Gondwanide orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Kuunga orogeny
Pannotia → associatedOrogeny → Kuunga orogeny ⓘ
Damara orogeny → relatedOrogen → Kuunga orogeny ⓘ
Kuunga orogeny → forms → Kuunga orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuunga orogeny