Irish Caledonides
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The Irish Caledonides are a mountain belt in Ireland formed during the Caledonian orogeny, representing deformed and metamorphosed remnants of ancient oceanic and continental crust.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain belt ⓘ |
| ageRange |
Ordovician
ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ |
| contains |
ancient continental crust remnants
ⓘ
ancient oceanic crust remnants ⓘ deformed crust ⓘ metamorphosed crust ⓘ |
| exposedIn |
northwest Ireland
ⓘ
western Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Greenland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy |
continental collision
ⓘ
crustal thickening ⓘ subduction ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Caledonian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleozoic ⓘ |
| hasEconomicInterest | mineral exploration ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFor | closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| hasMetamorphicGrade |
high-grade metamorphism
ⓘ
low-grade metamorphism ⓘ medium-grade metamorphism ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
faulting
ⓘ
folding ⓘ regional metamorphism ⓘ |
| hasRockType |
igneous rocks
ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
fold belts
ⓘ
thrust belts ⓘ |
| isRemnantOf | ancient mountain chain ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogenyType | collisional orogeny ⓘ |
| overlainBy | younger sedimentary basins in Ireland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caledonides
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Atlantic Caledonides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Appalachian–Caledonian orogen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iapetus Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor | Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Ireland ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
metamorphic petrology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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