- An
orogenic belt,
orogen, or
mobile belt, is a zone of Earth's
crust affected by orogeny. An
orogenic belt
develops when a
continental plate crumples and...
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plate margin when
plate motion compresses the margin. An
orogenic belt or
orogen develops as the
compressed plate crumples and is
uplifted to form one or...
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North American continent. It gave rise to the Trans-Hudson
orogen (THO), or Trans-Hudson
Orogen Transect (THOT), (also
referred to as the Trans-Hudsonian...
- The
Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB) or
Lachlan Orogen is a
geological subdivision of the east part of Australia. It is a zone of
folded and
faulted rocks of similar...
- Era. The
resulting orogen is
known as the
Svecofennian orogen or Svecofennides. To the west and
southwest the
Svecofennian orogen limits with the generally...
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contemporary (c. 1300–1200 Ma)
island arcs can be
found throughout the
Grenville orogen. The
Andes of
South America are
considered a
modern analogue. From about...
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Delamerian Orogen,
Lachlan Orogen, New
England Orogen,
Thomson Orogen. IGCP
Project 559 -
Seismic Images Crustal Images from the
Tasman Orogen, Eastern...
- The
Kuunga orogeny (from Swahili, "to unite") was an
orogeny that
occurred in South-east
Africa during the
Ediacaran and Cambrian.
Composed of
three separate...
- The ****may
orogen is a
Paleoproterozoic orogenic belt in
northern Canada which formed during the
collision between the
Hottah terrane (north of the Hottah...
- The
Terra Australis Orogen (TAO) was a late Neoproterozoic- to Paleozoic-age
accretionary orogen that
ringed the ancient,
active southern margin of the...
