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Avalonian Orogeny
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Precambrian
	..Avalonian Orogeny
UF	Avalonian Orogenic Phase
RT	orogeny
	North America
	Avalon Zone
SN	Used in connection with orogenic event near the end of Precambrian time along E border of North America. Named for the Avalon Peninsula in SE Newfoundland. Before 1978, search Avalonian AND orogeny.