Scandinavian Caledonides

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain belt
causedBy collision of ancient continental plates
contains high-grade metamorphic complexes
ophiolite complexes
sedimentary cover sequences
extendsFrom Northern Norway
extendsTo Central Norway
linked to: central Norway

Finnmark
Härjedalen
Jämtland
linked to: Jämtland region

Lapland
Nordland
Troms
Trøndelag region
linked to: Trøndelag

Western Sweden
linked to: western Sweden
formedByProcess continental collision
crustal shortening
nappe stacking
subduction
formedDuring Caledonian orogeny
Paleozoic
formedDuringAssemblyOf Euramerica
Pangaea
geologicalAge Paleozoic Era
hasFeature fold-and-thrust structures
metamorphic rocks
nappes
thrust sheets
importantFor understanding Paleozoic plate tectonics
isRemnantOf Caledonian mountain chain
locatedIn Finland
Norway
Scandinavia
Sweden
maximumThickness several tens of kilometers
orogenicCollisionBetween Baltica
Laurentia
orogenyType collisional orogeny
overlies Baltic Shield
linked to: Baltica
overthrustOnto Baltic Craton
partOf Caledonides
peakTectonicActivity Early Devonian
Silurian Period
linked to: Silurian
relatedTo Appalachian Mountains
Greenland Caledonides
Scottish Caledonides
linked to: British Caledonides
studiedInDiscipline geology
structural geology
tectonics

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Referenced by (8)

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

Greenland Caledonides correlatesWith Scandinavian Caledonides
Greenland Caledonides formsPartOf North Atlantic Caledonides
linked to: Scandinavian Caledonides
Walls Boundary Fault tectonicSetting Caledonian belt
linked to: Scandinavian Caledonides
Iapetus Ocean marginPreservedIn Caledonides of Scandinavia
linked to: Scandinavian Caledonides
Kjølen Mountains geologicalProvince Scandinavian Caledonides
British Caledonides correlatesWith Scandinavian Caledonides
Laurentia–Baltica collision associatedWith Scandinavian Caledonides
IAT Ireland follows Appalachian–Caledonian mountain belt
linked to: Scandinavian Caledonides