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• Orogeny — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the North Sea — Contents 1 Tectonic structure 2 Precambrian 3 Finnmarkian, Athollian, Caledonian Orogenies …   Wikipedia

• Geologic time scale — This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other… …   Wikipedia

• Gascoyne Complex — The Gascoyne Complex is a terrane of Proterozoic granite and metamorphic rock in the central western part of Western Australia. The complex outcrops at the exposed western end of the Capricorn Orogen, a 1,000 km long arcuate belt of folded,… …   Wikipedia

• Sevier orogeny — The Sevier orogeny was a mountain building event that affected western North America from Canada to the north to Mexico to the south. This orogeny was the result of convergent boundary tectonism between approximately 140 million years (Ma) ago,… …   Wikipedia

• Gondwana — (IPAEng|ɡɒnˈdwɑːnə [OED] , originally Gondwanaland) was a southern supercontinent that existed about 500 to 200 Ma ago.Fact|date=September 2008 Gondwana included most of the landmasses in today s southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, South… …   Wikipedia

• Circum-Superior Belt — Map of cratons, orogenies and the Circum Superior Belt. Areas associated with the Circum Superior Belt include …   Wikipedia

• Andes — This article is about the mountain range in South America. For other uses, see Andes (disambiguation). Andes (Quechua: Anti(s/kuna)) Range …   Wikipedia

• Cretaceous — Period 145.5–65.5 million years ago …   Wikipedia

• Geology of North America — The geology of North America, like most topics of scientific study, is undergoing progressive investigation by numerous public and private sector earth scientists, academicians, and students. In that regard, the detailed picture is subject to… …   Wikipedia

• Variscan orogeny — The Variscan (or Hercynian) orogeny is a geologic mountain building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Laurasia and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangea.NamingThe name, Variscan , comes from the Medieval Latin… …   Wikipedia