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23 relations: Atlantic Ocean, Basement (geology), Caledonian orogeny, Cretaceous, Cryogenian, Deformation (engineering), Devonian, Ediacaran, Fold and thrust belt, Geology, Gneiss, Granite, Greenland, Mountain range, Sedimentary rock, Silurian, Stauning Alps, Tectonic phase, Tectonic uplift, Tertiary, Watkins Range, 70th parallel north, 82nd parallel north.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Basement (geology)
In geology, basement and crystalline basement are the rocks below a sedimentary platform or cover, or more generally any rock below sedimentary rocks or sedimentary basins that are metamorphic or igneous in origin.
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Caledonian orogeny
The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain building era recorded in the northern parts of Ireland and Britain, the Scandinavian Mountains, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.
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Cryogenian
The Cryogenian (from Greek κρύος (krýos), meaning "cold" and γένεσις (génesis), meaning "birth") is a geologic period that lasted from.
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Deformation (engineering)
In materials science, deformation refers to any changes in the shape or size of an object due to-.
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Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya.
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Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period, spans 94 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 541 Mya.
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Fold and thrust belt
A fold and thrust belt is a series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.
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Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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Gneiss
Gneiss is a common distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.
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Granite
Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
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Greenland
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
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Mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.
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Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.
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Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.
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Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps (Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland.
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Tectonic phase
A tectonic phase or deformation phase is in structural geology and petrology a phase in which tectonic movement or metamorphism took place.
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Tectonic uplift
Tectonic uplift is the portion of the total geologic uplift of the mean Earth surface that is not attributable to an isostatic response to unloading.
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Tertiary
Tertiary is the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago, a timespan that occurs between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary.
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Watkins Range
The Watkins Range (Watkins Bjerge) is Greenland's highest mountain range.
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70th parallel north
The 70th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 70 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic.
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82nd parallel north
The 82nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 82 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Greenland_Orogen
