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TACONIAN OROGENY [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

An orogeny in the latter part of the Ordovician period, named for the Taconic Range of eastern New York State, well developed through most of the northern Appalachians in U. S. and Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

[...] phase orogénique qui [a secoué] l'ensemble du géosynclinal appalachien [...] à la fin de l'Ordovicien [...]

CONT

L'orogenèse taconique est responsable de la majeure partie de la déformation observée dans les unités cambro-ordoviciennes des Appalaches du Québec.

Spanish

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