Innuitian orogeny explained

The Innuitian orogeny, sometimes called the Ellesmere orogeny, was a major tectonic orogeny (mountain building episode) of the late Devonian to early Carboniferous, responsible for the formation of a series of mountain ranges in the Canadian Arctic and Northernmost Greenland.^[1] The episode started with the earliest Paleozoic rifting, extending from Ellesmere Island to Melville Island.^[2] However, the cause of the orogen remains poorly understood.^[3]

See also

• Innuitian Mountains
• Roosevelt Range

External links

• Geological Regions: Innuitian orogen

Notes and References

1. H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. 1991, p. 46
2. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/geology/geologicalprovinces/1 The Atlas of Canada - Geological Provinces
3. Rippington . S. . Scott . R. A. . Smyth . H. . Bogolepova . O. . Gubanov . A. . 2010 . The Ellesmerian Orogeny: fact or fiction? . GeoCanada . 10-14 . 14 July 2022.