Caledonian fault system

E28937

ancient fracture network geological fault system tectonic structure

The Caledonian fault system is a major ancient tectonic fracture network formed during the Caledonian orogeny that helped shape the geological structure of parts of Scotland and other regions in the North Atlantic.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Iapetus Suture Zone	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient fracture network ⓘ geological fault system ⓘ tectonic structure ⓘ
associatedWith	collision of Laurentia Baltica and Avalonia ⓘ
controls	basin development in parts of the North Sea ⓘ distribution of some mineralization in Scotland ⓘ
crosses	Great Glen ⓘ surface form: Great Glen of Scotland
extendsTo	Greenland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Norway ⓘ Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands
formedBy	closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
formedDuring	Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
geologicalAge	Devonian ⓘ Ordovician ⓘ Paleozoic Era ⓘ surface form: Paleozoic Silurian ⓘ
hasPart	Great Glen Fault ⓘ Great Glen Fault ⓘ surface form: Great Glen–Leannan Fault system Highland Boundary Fault ⓘ Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ Walls Boundary Fault ⓘ
influenced	basement structure of the North Atlantic region ⓘ geological structure of Scotland ⓘ topography of the Scottish Highlands ⓘ
locatedIn	British Isles ⓘ North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic region Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter	Caledonia ⓘ
orientation	Caledonoid trend ⓘ
partOf	Caledonian orogeny ⓘ surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt
reactivatedDuring	Cenozoic tectonism of the North Atlantic ⓘ Mesozoic rifting of the North Atlantic ⓘ
relatedTo	Appalachian orogeny ⓘ surface form: Appalachian orogen in North America
significantFor	reconstruction of Caledonian plate motions ⓘ understanding North Atlantic rifting inheritance ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	geophysics ⓘ structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate margin ⓘ
tectonicStyle	normal fault reactivation ⓘ strike-slip faulting ⓘ thrust faulting ⓘ
trend	generally northeast–southwest ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Highland Boundary Fault → partOf → Caledonian fault system ⓘ

Southern Uplands Fault → relatedStructure → Caledonian fault system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iapetus Suture Zone