Caledonian Orogeny

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Caledonian_Orogeny

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Greenland gptkb:Ireland gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Svalbard gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:beganIn	gptkb:Ordovician_Period
gptkbp:causedBy	collision of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia
gptkbp:endDate	gptkb:Early_Devonian_Period
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Variscan_Orogeny
gptkbp:formedMountainRange	gptkb:Grampian_Mountains gptkb:Scandinavian_Mountains gptkb:Caledonian_Mountains Appalachian Mountains (partly)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Caledonian Orogeny
gptkbp:mainEvent	continental collision closure of the Iapetus Ocean
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:Highlands_of_Scotland gptkb:Midland_Valley gptkb:Lake_District gptkb:Shetland_Islands gptkb:Highland_Boundary_Fault gptkb:Old_Red_Sandstone gptkb:Norwegian_fjords gptkb:Great_Glen_Fault gptkb:Southern_Uplands gptkb:Appalachian-Caledonian_mountain_belt gptkb:Caledonian_granites gptkb:East_Greenland_Caledonides gptkb:East_Greenland_Orogeny_(sub-event) gptkb:Finnmarkian_Belt gptkb:Finnmarkian_Orogeny_(sub-event) gptkb:Grampian_Event gptkb:Grampian_Orogeny_(sub-event) gptkb:Grampian_Terrane gptkb:Iapetus_Suture gptkb:Lewisian_Complex gptkb:Northwest_Ireland_Caledonides gptkb:Scandian_Event gptkb:Scandian_Orogeny_(sub-event) gptkb:Scandinavian_Caledonides gptkb:Svalbard_Caledonides gptkb:Svalbardian_Orogeny_(sub-event) gptkb:Dalradian_Supergroup gptkb:Moine_Supergroup gptkb:Moine_Thrust_Belt
gptkbp:occurredIn	gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkbp:peakPeriod	gptkb:Silurian_Period
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Taconic_Orogeny
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Acadian_Orogeny gptkb:Appalachian_Orogeny
gptkbp:resultedIn	formation of Caledonides
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Great_Glen_Fault gptkb:Hercynian_Belt gptkb:Moine_Thrust
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7