- The
Penokean orogeny was a mountain-building
episode that
occurred in the
early Proterozoic about 1.86 to 1.83
billion years ago, in the area of Lake Superior...
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tectonics (2,450 to 2,100
million years ago), a
second compression during the
Penokean orogeny (1,900 to 1,850
million years ago), a
second extension during Middle...
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stromatolites appear.
Vredefort and
Sudbury Basin asteroid impacts. Much orogeny.
Penokean and Trans-Hudsonian
Orogenies in
North America.
Early Ruker Orogeny in...
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millions of years):
formation of the
Sudbury Igneous Complex (1849 Ma)
Penokean orogeny (1890–1830 Ma)
Mazatzal orogeny (1700–1600 Ma)
Grenville orogeny...
- ~2.0 Ga
Limpopo Belt in
southern Africa; the 1.9–1.8 Ga Trans-Hudson,
Penokean, Taltson–Thelon, ****may,
Ungava and
Torngat orogens in
North America, the...
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cratonic blocks of
Laurentia were
sutured along the 1.9–1.8 Ga Trans-Hudson,
Penokean, Taltson–Thelon, ****may, Ungava, Torngat, and
Nagssugtoqidian orogens;...
- In the
original concept Nena
formed c. 1,900 million
years ago in the
Penokean, Makkovikan, Ketilidian, and
Svecofennian orogenies. However,
because Nena...
-
Archean rocks.
After the Rove
Formation sediments were deposited, the
Penokean orogeny added more land m**** by
accretion that
occurred from the south...
- present-day continents,
older inactive orogenies, such as the Algoman,
Penokean and Antler, are
represented by
deformed and
metamorphosed rocks with sedimentary...
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metamorphosed and
intruded by the
plutonic rocks of the 1860 ± 50-million-year-old
Penokean orogeny. The
rocks of the
Animikie Basin form a
sequence up to 10 km (6...
