Grenville Province

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The Grenville Province is a large, ancient geological region of the Canadian Shield characterized by high-grade metamorphic rocks formed during the Proterozoic Grenville orogeny.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Grenville Province canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological province ⓘ
tectonostratigraphic province ⓘ
approximateAgeMa 1300–980 ⓘ
boundedBy Churchill Province ⓘ
Superior Province ⓘ
characterizedBy high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
contains granitoid intrusions ⓘ
crustalThicknessKm up to 60 ⓘ
economicResources iron ore ⓘ
rare earth elements ⓘ
titanium ⓘ
extendsInto Adirondack Mountains ⓘ
Appalachian subsurface ⓘ
Labrador ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
formedByCollisionOf Amazonia ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
formedDuring Grenville orogeny ⓘ
geologicalAge Proterozoic ⓘ
hasFeature deep crustal roots ⓘ
fold nappes ⓘ
large-scale thrust faults ⓘ
isKeyToUnderstanding Proterozoic tectonics of Laurentia ⓘ
isPartOf Grenvillian orogenic belt ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Laurentian craton ⓘ
eastern Canada ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Canada
metamorphicGrade amphibolite to granulite facies ⓘ
namedAfter Grenville orogeny ⓘ
orogenyType continent-continent collision ⓘ
partOf Canadian Shield ⓘ
relatedTo Central Gneiss Belt ⓘ
Central Metasedimentary Belt ⓘ
Grenville Front ⓘ
researchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
rockType gneiss ⓘ
granulite ⓘ
migmatite ⓘ
significance records assembly of supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
structuralStyle highly deformed ⓘ
tectonicSetting collisional orogen ⓘ
youngestMajorEventAgeMa about 1.0 Ga ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Grenville orogenic belt → namedAfter → Grenville Province ⓘ
Grenville orogeny → namedAfter → Grenville Province ⓘ
Laurentian craton → hasPart → Grenville Province ⓘ
Pinwarian orogeny → relatedTo → Grenville Province ⓘ