Greenland Caledonides

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The Greenland Caledonides are a major mountain belt in eastern Greenland formed by Paleozoic continental collisions that were part of the broader Caledonian orogenic system spanning present-day North America and Europe.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain belt ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
ageRange Devonian ⓘ
Ordovician ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
boundedBy East Greenland Rift System ⓘ
contains deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
correlatesWith Appalachian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian orogeny

British Caledonides ⓘ
Scandinavian Caledonides ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
extendsAlong eastern margin of Greenland craton ⓘ
followedBy Mesozoic rifting in East Greenland ⓘ
formedBy Paleozoic continental collision ⓘ
closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
formedByCollisionOf Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
formedDuring Paleozoic ⓘ
formsPartOf North Atlantic Caledonides ⓘ
hasEconomicInterest mineral resources ⓘ
hasExposuresIn East Greenland ⓘ
hasExposuresNear Kangerlussuaq Fjord (East Greenland) ⓘ
Kong Oscar Fjord ⓘ
Scoresby Sund ⓘ
hasFeature high-strain shear zones ⓘ
nappe structures ⓘ
hasMetamorphicGrade amphibolite facies ⓘ
granulite facies ⓘ
greenschist facies ⓘ
hasStructuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
thrust belt ⓘ
linkedTo opening of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Greenland ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
orogenicPhase Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
overprints Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ
partOf Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
precededBy Proterozoic tectonothermal events in Greenland ⓘ
relatedTo Iapetus Ocean closure ⓘ
researchField metamorphic petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
sovereignState Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark
studiedSince 19th century ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Caledonian orogeny → recordedIn → Greenland Caledonides ⓘ
Walls Boundary Fault → partOf → North Atlantic Caledonides ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Caledonides
Iapetus Ocean → marginPreservedIn → Greenland Caledonides ⓘ
Scandinavian Caledonides → relatedTo → Greenland Caledonides ⓘ
Kangerlussuaq Fjord (East Greenland) → isPartOf → East Greenland Caledonides region ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Caledonides
British Caledonides → formsPartOf → North Atlantic Caledonide belt ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Caledonides
British Caledonides → correlatesWith → Greenland Caledonides ⓘ
Laurentia–Baltica collision → associatedWith → Greenland Caledonides ⓘ
Irish Caledonides → partOf → North Atlantic Caledonides ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Caledonides