The late Proterozoic Grenville orogen is an event related to the ____________.
A) uplift of the modern Rocky Mountains
B) uplift of the Ancestral Rockies
C) assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea
D) assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia

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The late Proterozoic Grenville orogen is related to the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia, which formed around 1 billion years ago and began to break apart around 750 million years ago. The Grenville orogeny was a period of mountain-building and deformation that affected parts of North America, including the Canadian Shield and the Appalachian Mountains.

The Late Proterozoic Grenville Orogen Is an Event Related to the ____________