Innuitian orogeny

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The Innuitian orogeny was a major mountain-building event that formed much of the Arctic Cordillera in the Canadian High Arctic during the Paleozoic era.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Innuitian orogeny canonical 2
Ellesmerian orogeny 1
Innuitian Orogeny 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affectedGeologicalProvince Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Innuitian Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
affects geology of Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ
geology of Ellesmere Island ⓘ
geology of adjacent Arctic islands ⓘ
chronologicalPosition Paleozoic mountain-building event ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
fieldOfStudy historical geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
formed major structural trends of the Canadian High Arctic ⓘ
geologicalEra Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
influenced distribution of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the High Arctic ⓘ
present-day topography of the Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
involves deformation of sedimentary basins ⓘ
uplift of Paleozoic strata ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Archipelago

Canadian High Arctic ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
namedAfter Innuitian Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
orogenyType fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
partOf tectonic history of North America ⓘ
relatedTo Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Ellesmerian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Innuitian orogeny

tectonic evolution of the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
resultedIn crustal shortening ⓘ
folding of sedimentary rocks ⓘ
formation of the Innuitian Mountains ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
uplift of the Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
significance major Paleozoic orogenic event in the Canadian Arctic ⓘ
tectonicProcess compression ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Arctic Cordillera → orogeny → Innuitian orogeny ⓘ
Grant Land Mountains → orogeny → Innuitian orogeny ⓘ
Princess Margaret Range → orogeny → Innuitian Orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Innuitian orogeny
Innuitian orogeny → relatedTo → Ellesmerian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Innuitian orogeny
Laurentian craton → boundedBy → Innuitian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Innuitian orogeny