Scandinavian Caledonides

E609501
mountain belt

The Scandinavian Caledonides are a major Paleozoic mountain belt in Scandinavia formed by the collision of ancient continental plates during the Caledonian orogeny.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Caledonian belt 1
Caledonides of Scandinavia 1
North Atlantic Caledonides 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain belt ⓘ
causedBy collision of ancient continental plates ⓘ
contains high-grade metamorphic complexes ⓘ
ophiolite complexes ⓘ
sedimentary cover sequences ⓘ
extendsFrom Northern Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo Central Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Finnmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Härjedalen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jämtland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lapland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nordland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Troms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trøndelag region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByProcess continental collision ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
nappe stacking ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
formedDuring Caledonian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paleozoic ⓘ
formedDuringAssemblyOf Euramerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pangaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature fold-and-thrust structures ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
nappes ⓘ
thrust sheets ⓘ
importantFor understanding Paleozoic plate tectonics ⓘ
isRemnantOf Caledonian mountain chain NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
maximumThickness several tens of kilometers ⓘ
orogenicCollisionBetween Baltica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurentia NERFINISHED ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
overlies Baltic Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrustOnto Baltic Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakTectonicActivity Early Devonian ⓘ
Silurian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenland Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Greenland Caledonides → correlatesWith → Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ
Greenland Caledonides → formsPartOf → Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Caledonides
Walls Boundary Fault → tectonicSetting → Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian belt
Iapetus Ocean → marginPreservedIn → Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonides of Scandinavia
Kjølen Mountains → geologicalProvince → Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ