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Summary
Location of the Caledonian/Acadian mountain chains in the Early Devonian Epoch. Present day coastlines are shown for reference. Red lines are sutures, capitalized names are the different continents/super-terranes that joined during the Caledonian orogeny. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalonia" class="extiw" title="en:Avalonia">en:Avalonia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltica" class="extiw" title="en:Baltica">en:Baltica</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentia" class="extiw" title="en:Laurentia">en:Laurentia</a>.
Literature used to make this map:
- Cocks, L.R.M. & Torsvik, T.H.; 2006: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geodynamics.no/guest/GeolSoc06.pdf">European geography in a global context from the Vendian to the end of the Palaeozoic</a>, in: Gee, D.G. & Stephenson, R.A. (eds.): European Lithosphere Dynamics, Geological Society of London Memoirs 32, pp. 83–95.
- Matte, P.; 2001: The Variscan collage and orogeny (480-290 Ma) and the tectonic definition of the Armorica microplate: a review, Terra Nova 13, 122-128.
- Stampfli, G.M.; Raumer, J.F. von & Borel, G.D.; 2002: Paleozoic evolution of pre-Variscan terranes: From Gondwana to the Variscan collision, Geological Society of America Special Paper 364, pp. 263-280.
- Torsvik, T.H.; Smethurst, M.A.; Meert, J.G.; Van der Voo, R.; McKerrow, W.S.; Brasier, M.D.; Sturt, B.A. & Walderhaug, H.J.; 1996: Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic - A tale of Baltica and Laurentia, Earth-Science Reviews 40, p. 229-258.
- Ziegler, P.A.; 1990: Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe, Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij BV (2nd ed.), <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9066441259" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 90-6644-125-9</a>.
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| current | 14:07, 5 January 2017 | | 630 × 421 (126 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Location of the Caledonian/Acadian mountain chains in the Early Devonian Epoch. Present day coastlines are shown for reference. Red lines are sutures, capitalized names are the different continents/super-terranes that joined during the Caledonian orogeny. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalonia" class="extiw" title="en:Avalonia">en:Avalonia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltica" class="extiw" title="en:Baltica">en:Baltica</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentia" class="extiw" title="en:Laurentia">en:Laurentia</a>. <p>Literature used to make this map: </p> <ul> <li> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Cocks, L.R.M. & Torsvik, T.H.</span>; <b>2006</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geodynamics.no/guest/GeolSoc06.pdf"><i>European geography in a global context from the Vendian to the end of the Palaeozoic</i></a>, in: <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Gee, D.G. & Stephenson, R.A.</span> (<i>eds.</i>): <i>European Lithosphere Dynamics</i>, Geological Society of London Memoirs <b>32</b>, pp. 83–95.</li> <li> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Matte, P.</span>; <b>2001</b>: <i>The Variscan collage and orogeny (480-290 Ma) and the tectonic definition of the Armorica microplate: a review</i>, Terra Nova <b>13</b>, 122-128.</li> <li> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Stampfli, G.M.; Raumer, J.F. von & Borel, G.D.</span>; <b>2002</b>: <i>Paleozoic evolution of pre-Variscan terranes: From Gondwana to the Variscan collision</i>, Geological Society of America Special Paper <b>364</b>, pp. 263-280.</li> <li> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Torsvik, T.H.; Smethurst, M.A.; Meert, J.G.; Van der Voo, R.; McKerrow, W.S.; Brasier, M.D.; Sturt, B.A. & Walderhaug, H.J.</span>; <b>1996</b>: <i>Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic - A tale of Baltica and Laurentia</i>, Earth-Science Reviews <b>40</b>, p. 229-258.</li> <li> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Ziegler, P.A.</span>; <b>1990</b>: <i>Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe</i>, Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij BV (2<sup>nd</sup> ed.), <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9066441259" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 90-6644-125-9</a>.</li> </ul> |
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