Publication Date:
2014-02-19
Description:
Extract The Caledonian orogen can be traced for several thousand kilometres from the Arctic region southward on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Fig. 1). The orogen formed in the Palaeozoic by convergence and collision of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalonia. Subsequently during the Variscan orogeny, Gondwana collided with the Laurasian continent, forming the supercontinent Pangaea (e.g. Cocks & Torsvik 2006). In terms of scale and processes the Caledonian orogen is often compared with the Himalayan–Alpine orogenic belt that extends from western Europe to eastern Asia (e.g. Milnes 1998; van Staal et al. 1998; Labrousse et al. 2010; Streule et al. 2010). The Himalayan–Alpine orogenic belt is currently still undergoing contraction, which will probably result in the future amalgamation of Eurasia with Africa and Australia (e.g. Hsü 1994). ... This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract.
Print ISSN:
0305-8719
Electronic ISSN:
2041-4927
Topics:
Geosciences
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