The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern...
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orogeny is considered one of the three major phases of orogeny in Europe that define the geology of that continent, along with the Caledonian orogeny...
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the north coast of Armorica in the Ediacaran/Cambrian, (660–540 Ma) Caledonian orogeny – Mountain building event caused by the collision of Laurentia, Baltica...
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the Caledonian orogeny in the Silurian continued to form the Variscan orogeny in the succeeding Devonian and Carboniferous Periods. Both orogenies resulted...
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of the Scandinavian Mountains are Caledonian, which means they were put in place by the Caledonian orogeny. Caledonian rocks overlie rocks of the much older...
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the Earth's interior. The Caledonian (Iapetus) plate cycle saw the formation of the Iapetus suture during the Caledonian orogeny. The Iapetus suture was...
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Geology of Norway (section Caledonian orogeny)
mountains were formed around 400 million years ago (Ma) during the Caledonian orogeny. Rocks of Archean age in Norway are confined to a few 10 km-scale...
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between the Laurentian, Baltican, and Avalonian cratons during the Caledonian orogeny, about 410 million years ago. In the Late Carboniferous, tropical...
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of the Iapetus Ocean, from the North America/Europe collision (See Caledonian orogeny). By the end of the Mesozoic Era, the Appalachian Mountains had been...
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American continent Laurentia. The orogeny is an early phase of the Caledonian orogeny and overlapped in time with the orogenies that formed the Appalachian...
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Orogeny (/ɒˈrɒdʒəni/) is a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin when plate motion compresses the margin. An orogenic...
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Avalonia, Baltica, and a series of smaller terranes, collided in the Caledonian orogeny c. 400 Ma to form Laurussia/Euramerica. Laurussia/Euramerica then...
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collided with Laurentia, forming Euramerica, an event called the Caledonian orogeny. As Avalonia inched towards Laurentia, the seaway between them, a...
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ground of the above Caledonian Ground, sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand Caledonians, an ancient tribal confederation Caledonian orogeny, a geological event...
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lines of crustal weakness commonly associated with, for example, the Caledonian Orogeny will often predate this particular mountain-building period, much...
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Baltica and Avalonia. The ocean disappeared with the Acadian, Caledonian and Taconic orogenies, when these three continents joined to form one big landmass...
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Orogenic collapse (category Orogeny)
gravitational potential energy. Orogenic collapse can begin at any point during an orogeny due to overthickening of the crust. Post-orogenic collapse and post-orogenic...
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First the creation of the Sub-Cambrian peneplain, followed by the Caledonian Orogeny in the late Silurian and early Devonian. Rift phases occurred in the...
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Scandinavian Caledonides (category Orogenies of Europe)
and Laurentia, which is referred to as the Scandian phase of the Caledonian orogeny. The size of the Scandinavian Caledonides at the time of their formation...
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Cribarth Disturbance (section The Caledonian Orogeny)
mountain-building period known as the Variscan orogeny. This line of weakness probably featured in the earlier Caledonian Orogeny and perhaps reflects a more ancient...
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Pembrokeshire to Shropshire are thought to have originated during the Caledonian Orogeny or mountain-building period. It is most impressively revealed at Carreg...
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Geology of Wales (section The Caledonian orogeny)
faulted and folded, having been affected by the earth movements of the Caledonian Orogeny. A notable feature of the Ordovician system is a major downwarp known...
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Małopolska). They were formed during the Caledonian orogeny of the Silurian period and then rejuvenated in the Hercynian orogeny of the Upper Carboniferous period...
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of North America and the west coast of Europe. This event is the Caledonian orogeny, a spate of mountain building that stretched from New York State through...
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Laurentia collided, resulting in extensive volcanic activity (the Caledonian orogeny) which created a granite outcrop surrounded by lava flows. The area...
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Formation was metamorphosed and deformed during the Lower Palaeozoic Caledonian orogeny. After erosion and exhumation it became basement to an unconformable...
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ancient continents of Laurentia and Avalonia collided during the Caledonian orogeny. They later became exposed at the surface where sea and weather eroded...
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Scottish Highlands (redirect from Caledonian highlands)
Cambrian and Precambrian periods which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. Smaller formations of Lewisian gneiss in the northwest are up to...
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Continent" of Euramerica persists after forming in the Caledonian orogeny. Beginning of Acadian Orogeny for Anti-Atlas Mountains of North Africa, and Appalachian...
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The eastern and northern margins were heavily deformed during the Caledonian orogeny. The Isua Greenstone Belt of western Greenland preserves oceanic crust...
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