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Caledonian orogeny — The Caledonian orogeny is a mountain building event recorded in the mountains and hills of northern Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, and west Norway. This event occurred during the Late Silurian to Middle Devonian Periods of the Palaeozoic Era … Wikipedia
Caledonian — is a geographical term used to refer to places, species, or items in or from Scotland, or particularly the Scottish Highlands. It derives from Caledonia, the Roman name for the area of modern Scotland. It is often abbreviated to Caley or Cally… … Wikipedia
Orogeny — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS) Shield … Wikipedia
Variscan orogeny — The Variscan (or Hercynian) orogeny is a geologic mountain building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Laurasia and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangea.NamingThe name, Variscan , comes from the Medieval Latin… … Wikipedia
Alpine orogeny — The Alpine orogeny (sometimes also called Alpide orogeny) is an orogenic phase in the Tertiary that formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. These mountains include (from west to east) the Atlas, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps,… … Wikipedia
Каледонская складчатость — (Caledonian folds, Caledonian orogeny)Caledonian foldsCaledonian orogeny, система складчато сбросовых структур и горных образований с общим для Европы направлением с С. В. на Ю. З. возникла в верхнем силуре и нижнем девоне (геологические периоды) … Страны мира. Словарь
Geology of the North Sea — Contents 1 Tectonic structure 2 Precambrian 3 Finnmarkian, Athollian, Caledonian Orogenies … Wikipedia
Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… … Universalium
Moine Supergroup — Map of the distribution of the Moine Supergroup on Mainland Scotland and the Inner Hebrides The Moine Supergroup is a sequence of Neoproterozoic metamorphic rocks that form the dominant outcrop of the Scottish Highlands between the Moine Thrust… … Wikipedia
Devonian Period — Interval of geologic time from 417 to 354 million years ago; it was the fourth period of the Paleozoic Era. During the Devonian, a giant continent was situated in the Southern Hemisphere (see Gondwana), and other landmasses were located in the… … Universalium
