1. The resulting Caledonian Orogeny produced an Alpine-style mountain range. 2. The Caledonian orogeny is named for Caledonia, the Latin name for Scotland. 3. The final stages of the Caledonian orogeny involved sinistral strike-slip faulting. 4. The Caledonian orogeny did not affect this area. 5. Both were created during the creation of the Caledonian orogeny 500 million years ago. 6. During the Caledonian orogeny the crater was buried under a several kilometre thick mountain chain. 7. The Caledonian orogeny united the northern and southern portions of present-day Great Britain. 8. The system was active during the Caledonian Orogeny and was reactivated during the later Variscan Orogeny. 9. In western Norway, these gneisses were again deformed during the Caledonian orogeny ca . 400 Ma. 10. These rocks were folded when the ancient continents of Laurentia and Avalonia collided during the Caledonian orogeny .
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