Svecofennian orogeny

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The Svecofennian orogeny was a major Paleoproterozoic mountain-building event that formed much of the continental crust of present-day Sweden and Finland within the Fennoscandian Shield.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects continental crust of present-day Finland ⓘ
continental crust of present-day Sweden ⓘ
associatedWith arc–continent collision ⓘ
continent–continent collision ⓘ
caused deformation of Paleoproterozoic volcanic and sedimentary sequences ⓘ
development of major shear zones in the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
created Svecofennian domain of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
endTime circa 1.8 billion years ago ⓘ
followedBy late Paleoproterozoic post-orogenic extension in Fennoscandia ⓘ
formed large parts of the continental crust of Finland ⓘ
large parts of the continental crust of Sweden ⓘ
significant portions of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
hostRockAge Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
linkedTo formation of early Proterozoic continental crust in northern Europe ⓘ
locatedIn Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
mainRockTypes gneiss ⓘ
granitoid ⓘ
schist ⓘ
volcanic arc rocks ⓘ
namedAfter Svecofennian domain ⓘ
occurredIn Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
partOf Fennoscandian Shield evolution ⓘ
assembly of the Fennoscandian crust ⓘ
peakMetamorphismTime around 1.87–1.80 billion years ago ⓘ
precededBy Karelia–Norrbotten crustal evolution events ⓘ
linked to: Karelian orogeny
region Baltic Sea region ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
resultedIn crustal thickening in the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
granitoid magmatism in the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
regional metamorphism in Finland ⓘ
regional metamorphism in Sweden ⓘ
significance key event in the geological history of Finland ⓘ
key event in the geological history of Sweden ⓘ
major crust-forming event in northern Europe ⓘ
startTime circa 1.9 billion years ago ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Precambrian geology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting Paleoproterozoic accretionary orogenic belt ⓘ

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Fennoscandian Shield → orogenicHistory → Svecofennian orogeny ⓘ
Svecofennian orogeny → created → Svecofennian domain of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Svecofennian orogeny
Svecofennian orogeny → namedAfter → Svecofennian domain ⓘ
linked to: Svecofennian orogeny
Karelian orogeny → followedBy → Svecofennian orogeny ⓘ