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Guriense orogeny, the Glossary

Index Guriense orogeny

The Guriense orogeny was a mountain building event in the Archean 2.8 to 2.7 billion years ago, preserved in the Guyana Shield rocks of Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Archean, Geology of Guyana, Geology of Suriname, Geology of Venezuela, List of orogenies, Orogeny.

  2. Archean orogenies
  3. Geology of Guyana
  4. Geology of Suriname
  5. Geology of Venezuela
  6. Orogenies of South America

Archean

The Archean Eon (also spelled Archaean or Archæan), in older sources sometimes called the Archaeozoic, is the second of the four geologic eons of Earth's history, preceded by the Hadean Eon and followed by the Proterozoic.

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Geology of Guyana

Guyana occurs within the northern part of the Guiana Shield.

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Geology of Suriname

The geology of Suriname is predominantly formed by the Guyana Shield, which spans 90% of its land area.

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Geology of Venezuela

The geology of Venezuela includes ancient Precambrian igneous and metamorphic basement rocks, layered with sedimentary rocks from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic and thick geologically recent Cenozoic sediments with extensive oil and gas.

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List of orogenies

The following is a list of known orogenies organised by continent, starting with the oldest in each.

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Orogeny

Orogeny is a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin when plate motion compresses the margin.

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See also

Archean orogenies

Geology of Guyana

Geology of Suriname

Geology of Venezuela

Orogenies of South America

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guriense_orogeny