Sveconorwegian orogeny

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The Sveconorwegian orogeny was a major Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event that shaped much of southwestern Scandinavia, forming part of the ancient basement rocks of the Fennoscandian region.

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Sveconorwegian orogeny canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoproterozoic orogeny ⓘ
geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects Baltic Shield ⓘ
linked to: Baltica

Fennoscandian basement ⓘ
associatedWith large-scale ductile deformation ⓘ
partial melting of crust ⓘ
shear zones in southwestern Scandinavia ⓘ
causedBy continental collision ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
thickening of continental crust ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
duration approximately 240 million years ⓘ
endTime approximately 0.90 billion years ago ⓘ
forms basement rocks of southwestern Scandinavia ⓘ
gneiss complexes ⓘ
granulite-facies rocks ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
migmatites ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
includesPhase early accretionary phase ⓘ
late extensional and exhumation phase ⓘ
main collisional phase ⓘ
locatedIn Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
southwestern Scandinavia ⓘ
namedAfter Sveconorwegian Province ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
partOf Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
peakMetamorphism high-grade amphibolite to granulite facies ⓘ
precededBy Gothian orogeny ⓘ
produced Sveconorwegian gneiss domes ⓘ
syn-orogenic granites ⓘ
relatedTo Grenvillian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
researchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
result deformation of pre-existing crust ⓘ
granitoid magmatism ⓘ
mountain belt formation in southwestern Fennoscandia ⓘ
regional metamorphism ⓘ
significance key event in Proterozoic assembly of southwestern Baltica ⓘ
major crust-forming event in Fennoscandia ⓘ
startTime approximately 1.14 billion years ago ⓘ
tectonicSetting margin of the Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
temporalCorrelation Grenvillian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny

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

Fennoscandian Shield → orogenicHistory → Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
Grenville orogeny → relatedTo → Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
Sveconorwegian Province → formedDuring → Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
Sveconorwegian Province → namedAfter → Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ
Kibaran orogeny → correlatesWith → Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ