Innuitian orogeny

Innuitian orogeny

The Innuitian orogeny, sometimes called the Ellesmere orogeny, was a major tectonic (mountain building) episode responsible for the formation of a series of mountain ranges in the Canadian Arctic. The episode started with the earliest Paleozoic rifting, extending from Ellesmere Island to Melville Island. [ [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/geology/geologicalprovinces/1 The Atlas of Canada - Geological Provinces] ]

ee also

*Innuitian Mountains

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External links

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC821211 Geological Regions: Innuitian orogen]


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