Kibaran orogeny
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The Kibaran orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in central and southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age global orogenic system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kibaran orogeny canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9506810 — 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: Kibaran orogeny Context triple: [Grenville orogeny, relatedTo, Kibaran orogeny]
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A.
Kuunga orogeny
The Kuunga orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic mountain-building event associated with the final assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent, particularly involving collisions along the margins of East and West Gondwana.
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B.
Damara orogeny
The Damara orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic mountain-building event in present-day Namibia associated with the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.
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C.
Wopmay orogeny
Wopmay orogeny was a Paleoproterozoic mountain-building event that deformed the western margin of the ancient North American craton, providing key evidence for early plate tectonic processes.
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D.
Baikal orogeny
Baikal orogeny is an ancient mountain-building event that shaped parts of Siberia and Central Asia during the late Precambrian to early Paleozoic eras.
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E.
Yanshanian orogeny
The Yanshanian orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in northern China that significantly reshaped the geology and structure of the Yan Mountains and surrounding regions.
- 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: Kibaran orogeny Target entity description: The Kibaran orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in central and southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age global orogenic system.
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A.
Kuunga orogeny
The Kuunga orogeny was a late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic mountain-building event associated with the final assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent, particularly involving collisions along the margins of East and West Gondwana.
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B.
Damara orogeny
The Damara orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic mountain-building event in present-day Namibia associated with the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.
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C.
Wopmay orogeny
Wopmay orogeny was a Paleoproterozoic mountain-building event that deformed the western margin of the ancient North American craton, providing key evidence for early plate tectonic processes.
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D.
Baikal orogeny
Baikal orogeny is an ancient mountain-building event that shaped parts of Siberia and Central Asia during the late Precambrian to early Paleozoic eras.
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E.
Yanshanian orogeny
The Yanshanian orogeny was a major Mesozoic mountain-building event in northern China that significantly reshaped the geology and structure of the Yan Mountains and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological event
ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affects | Kibaran Belt ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sn–W mineralization
ⓘ
assembly of Rodinia supercontinent ⓘ rare-metal granites ⓘ |
| chronostratigraphicRange | ca. 1400–1000 Ma ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| correlatesWith |
Grenville orogeny
ⓘ
Namaqua–Natal orogeny ⓘ
linked to:
Namaqua-Natal orogeny
Sveconorwegian orogeny ⓘ |
| geodynamicProcess |
continental collision and accretion
ⓘ
subduction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEnd | 1000 million years ago ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStart | 1400 million years ago ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalAge |
Mesoproterozoic
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesoproterozoic Era
|
| hasMetamorphicGrade |
amphibolite facies
ⓘ
granulite facies ⓘ |
| hasPeakActivity | around 1200 million years ago ⓘ |
| hasRockRecordIn |
Kibara Belt
ⓘ
Kivu Belt ⓘ
linked to:
Kivu region
Namaqua–Natal Belt ⓘ
linked to:
Namaqua-Natal Belt
|
| linkedTo |
formation of Proterozoic mobile belts in Africa
ⓘ
stabilization of the African craton margins ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Africa
ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Africa
|
| namedAfter | Kibara region ⓘ |
| orogenicCycle |
Grenvillian orogenic cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Grenville orogeny
|
| partOf | Grenville-age global orogenic system ⓘ |
| produced |
fold-and-thrust belts
ⓘ
granitoid intrusions ⓘ high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ shear zones ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Botswana
ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
crustal thickening
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magmatic arc development ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
continental collision
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intra-continental deformation ⓘ |
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Subject: Kibaran orogeny Description of subject: The Kibaran orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in central and southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age global orogenic system.
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