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Grenville orogeny

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Grenville orogeny [′gren·vəl ȯ′räj·ə·nē]
(geology)
A Precambrian mountain-forming epoch.


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Although a back-arc rifting origin linked to the coeval Grenville orogeny has been suggested, the most widely accepted model links the event to a mantle plume on the basis of the great volume of tholeiitic magma generated in an intraplate setting (e.
Igneous rock associations in Canada 3. Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) ... by Buchan, K.L. / Geoscience Canada
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