Caledonian Orogeny
- Created by: Dana
- Created on: 22-01-13 10:11
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- Caledonian Orogenies
- The event began 1000 million years ago
- Pre-Cambrian til the Devonian
- Lasted 600 million years!
- Lasted 600 million years!
- Pre-Cambrian til the Devonian
- The plates involved where the Laurentia and Baltica plate collided
- The collision created the Highlands in Scotland and the Highland fault
- There were 3 stages of this Orogeny
- Stage one occured when some volcanic islands collided
- It formed the Grapmian highlands
- During this time, molten rock pushed its way through into the crust.
- The second event occured when Baltica collided with the foundations of the Northern Highlands
- Stage 3 occurred when england collided with scotland- creating the Caledonian mountains
- Stage one occured when some volcanic islands collided
- Structure examples
- http://jgs.geoscienceworld.org/content/157/2/381/F1.small.gif
- The event began 1000 million years ago
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