Trans-Hudson orogeny

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The Trans-Hudson orogeny was a major Paleoproterozoic mountain-building event that helped assemble the core of the North American continent by colliding several ancient continental fragments.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Trans-Hudson orogeny canonical 3
Penokean orogeny 1
Trans-Hudson orogen belt 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleoproterozoic orogeny ⓘ
geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
approximateAgeRange 1.9–1.8 billion years ago ⓘ
associatedWith amphibolite-facies metamorphism ⓘ
back-arc basins ⓘ
foreland basins ⓘ
granulite-facies metamorphism ⓘ
greenstone belts ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic belts ⓘ
volcanic arcs ⓘ
continentInvolved Laurentia ⓘ
North American craton ⓘ
linked to: Laurentian craton
economicImportance associated with base metal deposits ⓘ
associated with copper deposits ⓘ
associated with gold mineralization ⓘ
associated with nickel deposits ⓘ
formsStructure Trans-Hudson orogenic belt ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
helpedForm core of the North American continent ⓘ
involvedTerrane Hearne craton ⓘ
Rae craton ⓘ
Superior craton ⓘ
microcontinental fragments ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
partOf assembly of the North American craton ⓘ
presentInCountry Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
presentInRegion Black Hills ⓘ
Canadian Shield ⓘ
Hudson Bay region ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
Reindeer Zone ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Thompson Nickel Belt ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
resultedIn folding and thrusting of sedimentary sequences ⓘ
formation of a major Paleoproterozoic orogenic belt ⓘ
granitoid magmatism ⓘ
metamorphism of Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks ⓘ
suturing of Archean cratons ⓘ
thickening of continental crust ⓘ
significance important for understanding plate tectonics in the Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
key event in stabilization of the North American craton ⓘ
major event in early Proterozoic continental growth ⓘ
tectonicSetting continent–continent collision ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Laurentia → experienced → Trans-Hudson orogeny ⓘ
Laurentia → experienced → Penokean orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Hudson orogeny
Trans-Hudson orogeny → formsStructure → Trans-Hudson orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Hudson orogeny
Wyoming craton → orogenicHistoryIncludes → Trans-Hudson orogeny ⓘ
Wyoming craton → boundedBy → Trans-Hudson orogen belt ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Hudson orogeny
Rae craton → associatedOrogeny → Trans-Hudson orogeny ⓘ