British Caledonides

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ancient mountain belt orogenic belt

The British Caledonides are an ancient mountain belt in the British Isles formed during the Caledonian orogeny, representing the deformed and metamorphosed remains of early Paleozoic ocean closure and continental collision.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caledonian orogenic belt	4
Caledonian tectonic structure	1
Caledonides of Scotland	1
Scottish Caledonides	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient mountain belt ⓘ orogenic belt ⓘ
associatedWith	Caledonian deformation ⓘ granite plutonism ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ
boundedBy	Moine Thrust Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
correlatesWith	Greenland Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavian Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsAcross	Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Wales ⓘ parts of northern England ⓘ
formedBy	continental collision ⓘ ocean closure ⓘ
formedByClosureOf	Iapetus Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByCollisionOf	Avalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Baltica NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurentia NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedDuring	Caledonian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf	North Atlantic Caledonide belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge	Paleozoic ⓘ early Paleozoic ⓘ
hasMaximumDevelopmentIn	Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrogenicTrend	southwest–northeast ⓘ
hasRockTypes	deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ igneous intrusions ⓘ metamorphic rocks ⓘ
includes	Grampian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake District Caledonian structures NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Uplands NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
orogenyTimeSpan	Ordovician ⓘ Silurian NERFINISHED ⓘ
overprintedBy	later tectonic events in the British Isles ⓘ
partOf	Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Iapetus Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	deformed remains of early Paleozoic oceanic crust and sediments ⓘ metamorphosed remains of early Paleozoic oceanic crust and sediments ⓘ
significantFor	reconstruction of early Paleozoic plate configurations ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate margin ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

East European Craton → boundedBy → British Caledonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt

Greenland Caledonides → correlatesWith → British Caledonides ⓘ

Iapetus Ocean → marginPreservedIn → British Caledonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caledonides of Scotland

Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) → overlies → British Caledonides ⓘ

subject surface form: Midland Valley terrane

this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt

Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) → partOf → British Caledonides ⓘ

subject surface form: Midland Valley terrane

this entity surface form: Scottish Caledonides

Moine Supergroup → partOf → British Caledonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt

Moine Thrust Belt → partOf → British Caledonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt

Walls Boundary Fault → partOf → British Caledonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caledonian tectonic structure