Avalon terrane

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:age Late Precambrian to Early Paleozoic
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Alleghanian_orogeny
gptkb:Acadian_orogeny
Cadomian orogeny
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Avalon_Peninsula
parts of Massachusetts
parts of New Brunswick
parts of Nova Scotia
parts of Iberia
parts of southern Britain
gptkbp:discoveredBy geologists in the 20th century
gptkbp:featureType metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
volcanic rocks
gptkbp:formedBy accretion to Laurentia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Avalon terrane
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:eastern_North_America
western Europe
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Avalon_Peninsula
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
gptkbp:significantFossils gptkb:Ediacaran_biota
early Cambrian fossils
gptkbp:tectonicHistory collided with Laurentia
involved in Appalachian orogeny
rifted from Gondwana
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carolina_terrane
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8