Caledonian orogeny

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Paleozoic orogeny geological event orogeny

The Caledonian orogeny was a major Paleozoic mountain-building event that formed ranges across what are now Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, and parts of North America as ancient continents collided.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Caledonian orogeny canonical 31
Caledonian orogenic belt 3
Grampian orogeny 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleozoic orogeny ⓘ
geological event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic region
alsoKnownAs Caledonian mountain-building event ⓘ
cause closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
collision of Laurentia and Avalonia ⓘ
collision of Laurentia and Baltica ⓘ
continentInvolved Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
endTime Early Devonian ⓘ
fieldOfStudy geochronology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
followedBy Variscan orogeny ⓘ
locatedIn Greenland ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ
mountainRangeFormed Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Grampian Mountains

Long Range Mountains ⓘ
Scandinavian Mountains ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
namedAfter Caledonia ⓘ
partOf Paleozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Paleozoic era
precededBy Taconic orogeny ⓘ
process continental collision ⓘ
crustal thickening ⓘ
granite plutonism ⓘ
regional metamorphism ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
recordedIn Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian belt

Caledonian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Caledonides

Greenland Caledonides ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scandinavian Caledonides
relatedTo Acadian orogeny ⓘ
Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
result assembly of Laurussia ⓘ
startTime Ordovician Period ⓘ
surface form: Ordovician period
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
timeSpan approximately 490–390 million years ago ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Red Sandstone → associatedWithOrogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Highland Boundary Fault → geologicalAge → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Southern Uplands Fault → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Southern Uplands Fault → tectonicSetting → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt
Appalachian orogeny → hasPart → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Appalachian orogeny → orogenyPhase → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny → recordedIn → Caledonian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scandinavian Caledonides
Caledonian orogeny → recordedIn → Caledonian orogeny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Caledonides
Grampian Terrane → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Orogeny
Grampian Terrane → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt
Dalradian Supergroup → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian orogen
Dalradian Supergroup → metamorphismRelatedTo → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grampian orogeny
Dalradian Supergroup → metamorphismRelatedTo → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Great Glen Fault → tectonicSetting → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Great Glen Fault → geologicalSystem → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonides of Britain and Ireland
Caledonian fault system → formedDuring → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Caledonian fault system → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt
Great Glen → geologicalAge → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Silurian → tectonicActivity → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Southern Uplands accretionary prism → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Southern Uplands accretionary prism → formsPartOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonides
Southern Uplands terrane → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Southern Uplands terrane → researchTopic → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian tectonics
Scandinavian Mountains → geologicalOrigin → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
closure of Iapetus Ocean → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
closure of Iapetus Ocean → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grampian orogeny
Acadian orogeny → relatedTo → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Avalonia microcontinent → involvedInOrogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Alpine orogeny → relatedTo → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Avalonia → orogenyAssociatedWith → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Greenland Caledonides → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Greenland Caledonides → orogenicPhase → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Moine Supergroup → orogenyRecorded → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knoydartian orogeny
Grampian Group → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian orogen
Grampian Group → associatedWith → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grampian orogeny
Grampian Group → tectonicEvent → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Walls Boundary Fault → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Walls Boundary Fault → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Moine Thrust Belt → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Orcadian Basin → formedAfter → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Orogeny
Iapetus Ocean → closureResultedIn → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Iapetus Ocean → closureAssociatedWith → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentia–Avalonia collision
Grampian Mountains → geologicalEra → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Dovrefjell → geology → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Kjølen Mountains → orogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Ordovician region of Wales → partOf → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian orogeny belt
Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system → linkedTo → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Laurussia → associatedWithOrogeny → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Euramerica → playedRoleIn → Caledonian orogeny ⓘ