Karelian orogeny

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The Karelian orogeny was an ancient Paleoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped much of the bedrock and geological structure of the Fennoscandian Shield in northern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects Fennoscandian Shield bedrock ⓘ
geological structure of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
associatedWith Paleoproterozoic magmatism in Fennoscandia ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic sedimentation in Fennoscandia ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic tectonic convergence ⓘ
causedBy plate tectonic convergence in the Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
followedBy Svecofennian orogeny ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
involves deformation of Archean cratons ⓘ
folding of supracrustal sequences ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
locatedIn Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
namedAfter Karelia ⓘ
occursIn Baltic Shield ⓘ
linked to: Baltica

Karelia Province ⓘ
linked to: Karelia
orogenyType mountain-building event ⓘ
partOf Fennoscandian Shield geological history ⓘ
precededBy Archean crustal evolution in Fennoscandia ⓘ
recordedIn metamorphic rocks of Russian Karelia ⓘ
metamorphic rocks of northern Finland ⓘ
metamorphic rocks of northern Sweden ⓘ
relatedTo assembly of early Proterozoic continental crust in Baltica ⓘ
global Paleoproterozoic orogenic cycles ⓘ
resultedIn crustal thickening in Fennoscandia ⓘ
deformation of early Proterozoic sedimentary basins ⓘ
formation of mountain belts in the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
metamorphism of Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks ⓘ
shaped distribution of metamorphic belts in northern Fennoscandia ⓘ
regional structural grain of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
significance major early Proterozoic orogenic phase in Fennoscandia ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Precambrian geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting accretionary orogeny ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ
timePosition early Proterozoic ⓘ
timeSpan Paleoproterozoic Eon ⓘ

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Fennoscandian Shield → orogenicHistory → Karelian orogeny ⓘ
Svecofennian orogeny → precededBy → Karelia–Norrbotten crustal evolution events ⓘ
linked to: Karelian orogeny