Innuitian orogeny
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The Innuitian orogeny, sometimes called the Ellesmere orogeny, was a major tectonic orogeny (mountain building episode) of the late Devonian to early Carboniferous, responsible for the formation of a series of mountain ranges in the Canadian Arctic and Northernmost Greenland.[1] The episode started with the earliest Paleozoic rifting, extending from Ellesmere Island to Melville Island.[2] However, the cause of the orogen remains poorly understood.[3]
See also
References
- ^ H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. 1991, p. 46
- ^ The Atlas of Canada - Geological Provinces Archived 2007-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rippington, S.; Scott, R. A.; Smyth, H.; Bogolepova, O.; Gubanov, A. (2010). "The Ellesmerian Orogeny: fact or fiction?" (PDF). GeoCanada: 10–14. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
External links
- Geological Regions: Innuitian orogen Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
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