Namaqua-Natal orogeny

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The Namaqua-Natal orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age orogenic belts associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain-building event
orogeny
affectedRegion Namaqua Province
linked to: Namakwa region

Natal belt
associatedWith assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia
chronologicalPosition late Mesoproterozoic
continentDuringEvent Rodinia
countryPresentDay Namibia
South Africa
deforms Namaqua-Natal Belt
formsPartOf Namaqua-Natal Belt evolution
geologicalAge Mesoproterozoic
linkedProcess supercontinent assembly
linkedSupercontinent Rodinia
locatedIn southern Africa
linked to: Southern Africa
orogenicBeltType Grenvillian
linked to: Grenville orogeny
partOf Grenville-age orogenic belts
linked to: Grenville orogeny

Pan-African–Grenvillian orogenic system
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
relatedTo Grenville orogeny
Kibaran orogeny
Umkondo large igneous province
resultedIn crustal thickening
formation of high-grade metamorphic terranes
granite magmatism
metamorphism
significance constrains timing of Rodinia assembly in southern Gondwana sector
records Mesoproterozoic tectonics of southern Africa
tectonicSetting Grenvillian collisional belt
continental collision

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Grenville orogeny relatedTo Namaqua-Natal orogeny
Namaqua-Natal Belt associatedWith Namaqua orogeny
linked to: Namaqua-Natal orogeny
Kibaran orogeny correlatesWith Namaqua–Natal orogeny
linked to: Namaqua-Natal orogeny