New Developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan Orogen
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New analytical and field techniques, as well as increased international communication and collaboration, have resulted in significant new geological discoveries within the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan orogen. Cross-Atlantic correlations are more tightly constrained and the database that helps us understand the origins of Gondwanan terranes continues to grow. Special Paper 554 provides a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of the evolution of this orogen. It takes the reader along a clockwise path around the North Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. and Canadian Appalachians, to the Caledonides of Spitsbergen, Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland, and thence south to the Variscides of Morocco.
The Blåhø Nappe, central Norwegian Scandinavian Caledonides: An oceanic arc–back-arc assemblage distinct from the Seve Nappe Complex
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Published:May 19, 2022
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Kurt Hollocher*, Peter Robinson, Maria Van Nostrand, Emily Walsh, 2022. "The Blåhø Nappe, central Norwegian Scandinavian Caledonides: An oceanic arc–back-arc assemblage distinct from the Seve Nappe Complex", New Developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan Orogen, Yvette D. Kuiper, J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, Robin A. Strachan, Margaret D. Thompson
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ABSTRACT
The Scandinavian Caledonides have a complex latest Proterozoic–Early Devonian history, but they were finally assembled during the Silurian–Devonian (Scandian orogeny) collision between Baltica and Laurentia. Their dominant structural components are the Lower (Baltican margin), Middle (Baltican and farther outboard), Upper (Iapetan arcs), and Uppermost (Laurentian margin) Allochthons. This study examined the Blåhø Nappe, a complex unit of metamorphosed, intensely deformed igneous and sedimentary rocks assigned to the Middle Allochthon. Metamorphic grades are regionally amphibolite facies, but granulite- and eclogite-facies rocks are locally found. Although most metamorphic ages span a range from Middle Ordovician to Devonian, Blåhø eclogite and other...
- absolute age
- allochthons
- alteration
- amphibolite facies
- amphibolites
- back-arc basins
- Baltica
- basalts
- basins
- Caledonides
- chemical composition
- correlation
- crust
- Devonian
- eclogite
- eclogite facies
- Europe
- facies
- felsic composition
- foliation
- gabbros
- gneisses
- granites
- granulite facies
- high pressure
- Iapetus
- igneous rocks
- Laurentia
- mafic composition
- metaigneous rocks
- metamorphic rocks
- metamorphism
- metasedimentary rocks
- Norway
- oceanic crust
- Paleozoic
- pegmatite
- plate collision
- plate tectonics
- plutonic rocks
- pressure
- reconstruction
- Scandian Orogeny
- Scandinavia
- Silurian
- subduction
- trace elements
- ultrahigh pressure
- volcanic rocks
- Western Europe
- whole rock
- magmatic arcs
- Seve Nappe Complex
- Blaho Nappe