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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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