Wilson cycle

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological concept
gptkbp:appliesTo plate tectonics
gptkbp:describes opening and closing of ocean basins
gptkbp:explains continental drift
subduction
supercontinent cycle
mountain building
oceanic crust formation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wilson cycle
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:J._Tuzo_Wilson
gptkbp:proposedBy 1966
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pangaea
gptkb:Gondwana
gptkb:Rodinia
gptkbp:stageName declining
embryonic
terminal
juvenile
continental collision
suturing
mature
continental rifting
formation of new ocean basin
ocean basin closure
gptkbp:usedIn earth sciences
geology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ophiolite_complexes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7