Charlotte Belt

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The Charlotte Belt is a geologic terrane in the southeastern United States characterized by metamorphic and igneous rocks that help define the region’s complex tectonic history.

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Charlotte Belt canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic terrane
igneous terrane
metamorphic terrane
age Carboniferous
Devonian
Ordovician
Paleozoic
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Permian
Silurian
borders Carolina Slate Belt
Inner Piedmont terrane
Kings Mountain Belt
linked to: Carolina Slate Belt
country United States
fieldOfStudy geology
hasLithology felsic plutonic rocks
intermediate plutonic rocks
mafic plutonic rocks
volcanic arc–related rocks
hasProcess deformation
faulting
folding
plutonism
regional metamorphism
hasRockType amphibolite
diorite
gneiss
granite
granodiorite
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
metasedimentary rock
metavolcanic rock
plutonic rock
schist
tonalite
volcanic rock
locatedIn Piedmont region
southeastern United States
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies
greenschist facies
namedAfter Charlotte, North Carolina
orogeny Appalachian orogeny
partOf Appalachian Piedmont
linked to: Piedmont Plateau

Appalachian orogen
relevantTo Appalachian tectonics
Piedmont geology
tectonic history of southeastern United States
tectonicSetting accreted terrane
convergent margin
volcanic arc terrane

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Carolina Slate Belt boundedBy Charlotte Belt