Coast Ranges orogeny
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The Coast Ranges orogeny is a mountain-building episode that formed much of California’s Coast Ranges through complex interactions along the western margin of the North American Plate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coast Range orogeny | 1 |
| Coast Ranges orogeny canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13620001 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coast Ranges orogeny Context triple: [Transverse Ranges orogeny, relatedTo, Coast Ranges orogeny]
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A.
Sierra Nevada orogeny
The Sierra Nevada orogeny is a major mountain-building event that formed the Sierra Nevada range in the western United States through prolonged subduction, magmatism, and crustal uplift.
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B.
Transverse Ranges orogeny
The Transverse Ranges orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for creating Southern California’s east–west-trending Transverse Ranges through complex tectonic compression and faulting along the Pacific–North American plate boundary.
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C.
Cordilleran orogeny
The Cordilleran orogeny was a long-lasting mountain-building event along western North America that created much of the modern Cordillera, including ranges such as the Rockies and the Peninsular Ranges.
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D.
Sevier orogeny
The Sevier orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in western North America that produced extensive thrust faulting and deformation along the continental margin.
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E.
Cascadian orogeny
The Cascadian orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building episode responsible for forming the Cascade Range through subduction-related tectonic activity along western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coast Ranges orogeny Target entity description: The Coast Ranges orogeny is a mountain-building episode that formed much of California’s Coast Ranges through complex interactions along the western margin of the North American Plate.
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A.
Sierra Nevada orogeny
The Sierra Nevada orogeny is a major mountain-building event that formed the Sierra Nevada range in the western United States through prolonged subduction, magmatism, and crustal uplift.
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B.
Transverse Ranges orogeny
The Transverse Ranges orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for creating Southern California’s east–west-trending Transverse Ranges through complex tectonic compression and faulting along the Pacific–North American plate boundary.
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C.
Cordilleran orogeny
The Cordilleran orogeny was a long-lasting mountain-building event along western North America that created much of the modern Cordillera, including ranges such as the Rockies and the Peninsular Ranges.
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D.
Sevier orogeny
The Sevier orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in western North America that produced extensive thrust faulting and deformation along the continental margin.
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E.
Cascadian orogeny
The Cascadian orogeny is the long-lasting mountain-building episode responsible for forming the Cascade Range through subduction-related tectonic activity along western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Coast Ranges orogeny