Taimyr Orogen

E781776

The Taimyr Orogen is a major Paleozoic mountain belt in the Taimyr Peninsula of Arctic Siberia, formed by tectonic collisions along the northern margin of the Siberian Craton.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Taimyr Orogen canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province ⓘ
mountain belt ⓘ
orogen ⓘ
associatedWith Siberian Craton ⓘ
boundedBy Siberian Craton to the south ⓘ
contains deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
evidenceFrom field mapping ⓘ
geochronology ⓘ
petrology ⓘ
structural analysis ⓘ
extendsAcross central Taimyr Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
formedBy plate convergence ⓘ
tectonic collisions ⓘ
geologicPeriod Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
hasImportanceFor reconstructing Paleozoic paleogeography of Siberia ⓘ
understanding the assembly of Arctic continental blocks ⓘ
hasTectonicStyle crustal shortening ⓘ
folding ⓘ
thrusting ⓘ
isInContinent Asia ⓘ
isInCountry Russia ⓘ
isInRegion Russian Arctic ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Siberia

Taimyr Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
locatedOn northern margin of the Siberian Craton ⓘ
marginType northern passive-to-active margin of the Siberian Craton ⓘ
minimumAge Paleozoic ⓘ
orogenyAge Paleozoic ⓘ
overprints older basement of the Siberian Craton margin ⓘ
partOf Siberian Arctic orogenic systems ⓘ
relatedTo Arctic orogenic belts ⓘ
Paleozoic plate reconstructions of the Arctic ⓘ
researchField regional geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
significance records Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern Siberian margin ⓘ
tectonicSetting collisional orogen ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Siberian Craton → boundedBy → Taimyr Orogen ⓘ