Inspire revision 4711
Gyldig
An identifiable event during which one or more geological processes act to modify geological entities.
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A GeologicEvent should have a specified geologic age and process, and may have a specified environment. An example might be a cratonic uplift event during which erosion, sedimentation, and volcanism all take place. A GeologicEvent age can represent an instant in time or an interval of time.
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Description |
| name |
CharacterString |
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The name of the Geologic Event.
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Only major Geologic Events, such as orogenies, are likely to have names.
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| eventEnvironment |
EventEnvironmentValue
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The physical setting within which the geologic event takes place.
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GeologicEnvironment is construed broadly to include physical settings on the Earth surface specified by climate, tectonics, physiography or geography, and settings in the Earth’s interior specified by pressure, temperature, chemical environment, or tectonics.
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| eventProcess |
EventProcessValue
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The process or processes that occurred during the geologic event.
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EXAMPLE: deposition, extrusion, intrusion, cooling.
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| olderNamedAge |
GeochronologicEraValue
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Older boundary of the age of the event.
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This is expressed using a geochronologic era defined in a vocabulary of recognised units, such as those of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) Stratigraphic Chart.
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| youngerNamedAge |
GeochronologicEraValue
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Younger boundary of the age of the event.
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This is expressed using a geochronologic era defined in a vocabulary of recognised units, such as those of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) Stratigraphic Chart.
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