Avalonia microcontinent
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Avalonia microcontinent was a small ancient landmass that rifted from Gondwana and later collided with Laurentia and Baltica, contributing to the formation of parts of modern North America and Western Europe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Avalon terrane | 2 |
| Avalonia microcontinent canonical | 1 |
| collided with Laurentia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Avalonia microcontinent Context triple: [Appalachian orogeny, involvesPlate, Avalonia microcontinent]
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Scotia Plate
The Scotia Plate is a small tectonic plate in the South Atlantic Ocean, located between the South American and Antarctic Plates and associated with the complex plate boundaries and seismic activity of the Scotia Sea region.
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Grampian Terrane
The Grampian Terrane is a major geological block in Scotland characterized by ancient metamorphic and igneous rocks that form much of the Grampian Highlands.
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Southern Uplands terrane
The Southern Uplands terrane is a geological region in southern Scotland composed mainly of deformed and folded sedimentary rocks, representing an ancient accretionary prism formed during the closure of the Iapetus Ocean.
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D.
supercontinent Rodinia
Rodinia was an ancient supercontinent that assembled during the Proterozoic Eon and existed before the later supercontinent Pangaea, profoundly influencing Earth’s early tectonic and climatic evolution.
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E.
Dalradian Supergroup
The Dalradian Supergroup is a thick sequence of late Precambrian to early Paleozoic metamorphic sedimentary and volcanic rocks extensively exposed in the Scottish Highlands and parts of Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Avalonia microcontinent Target entity description: Avalonia microcontinent was a small ancient landmass that rifted from Gondwana and later collided with Laurentia and Baltica, contributing to the formation of parts of modern North America and Western Europe.
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A.
Scotia Plate
The Scotia Plate is a small tectonic plate in the South Atlantic Ocean, located between the South American and Antarctic Plates and associated with the complex plate boundaries and seismic activity of the Scotia Sea region.
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B.
Grampian Terrane
The Grampian Terrane is a major geological block in Scotland characterized by ancient metamorphic and igneous rocks that form much of the Grampian Highlands.
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C.
Southern Uplands terrane
The Southern Uplands terrane is a geological region in southern Scotland composed mainly of deformed and folded sedimentary rocks, representing an ancient accretionary prism formed during the closure of the Iapetus Ocean.
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D.
supercontinent Rodinia
Rodinia was an ancient supercontinent that assembled during the Proterozoic Eon and existed before the later supercontinent Pangaea, profoundly influencing Earth’s early tectonic and climatic evolution.
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E.
Dalradian Supergroup
The Dalradian Supergroup is a thick sequence of late Precambrian to early Paleozoic metamorphic sedimentary and volcanic rocks extensively exposed in the Scottish Highlands and parts of Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient landmass
ⓘ
microcontinent ⓘ |
| activeDuringPeriod |
Early Paleozoic
ⓘ
Late Neoproterozoic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Avalonia ⓘ |
| boundedBy | major Paleozoic sutures ⓘ |
| collidedWith |
Baltica
ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ |
| collisionClosedOcean | Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| collisionEventAgeApproximate | around 430–400 million years ago ⓘ |
| containsRockAges |
Cambrian
ⓘ
Neoproterozoic ⓘ Ordovician ⓘ Silurian ⓘ |
| contributedToFormationOf |
parts of Western Europe
ⓘ
parts of modern North America ⓘ |
| hostedMagmatismType |
arc-related magmatism
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calc-alkaline volcanism ⓘ |
| importantFor |
reconstruction of Paleozoic plate motions
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understanding formation of Appalachian–Caledonian mountain belt ⓘ |
| involvedInOrogeny |
Acadian orogeny
ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny ⓘ Variscan orogeny ⓘ |
| laterPartOf |
Euramerica
ⓘ
Laurussia ⓘ |
| locatedInGeologicPast | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| movementDirectionAfterRifting | northward ⓘ |
| paleogeographicAffinity | peri-Gondwanan terrane ⓘ |
| partOfSupercontinentCycle | assembly of Laurussia ⓘ |
| presentDayRemnantsFoundIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form:
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia ⓘ Poland ⓘ eastern North America ⓘ northern France ⓘ northern Germany ⓘ southern Ireland ⓘ southwestern Britain ⓘ |
| riftedFrom | Gondwana ⓘ |
| riftEventAgeApproximate | around 600–550 million years ago ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Gondwana
ⓘ
surface form:
Gondwana margin
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
paleogeography
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stratigraphy ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| subductedOceanBetween | Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| tectonicSettingDuringRift | passive margin of Gondwana ⓘ |
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Subject: Avalonia microcontinent Description of subject: Avalonia microcontinent was a small ancient landmass that rifted from Gondwana and later collided with Laurentia and Baltica, contributing to the formation of parts of modern North America and Western Europe.
Referenced by (4)
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