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Geo Test 3- orogenys

Geo test three, orogeny and rock formations

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Ordovician orogeny in eastern Laurentia caused by the ceasation of spreading of the Iapetus Ocean and subduction of oceanic crust underneath the eastern edge of Laurentia.Silurian orogeny involving the collision of Baltica with Laurentia. Taconic
Silurian orogeny involving the collision of Baltica with Laurentia. Expressed primarily in the British Isles. Caledonian
Last of the Appalachian mountain building Orogenies. Responsible for the uplift of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the formation of the Valley and Ridge province in the eastern United States. Alleghenian
Devonian orogeny resulting from the collision of Laurentia and Avalonia. Responsible for the Catskill Delta in the United States. Acadian
Late Devonian orogeny that resulted from a collision between western Laurentia and an island arc. Produced material that is now the Klamath and Sierra Nevada mountains. Antler
Pennsylvanian orogeny involving southern Euramerica, primarily the Baltica portion, with the northern Africa portion of Gondwana. Hercynian
Late Carboniferous orogenic event caused by the collision of Laurentia with Northern Gondwana and creating the uplift from Mexico through the Gulf Coast. Also responsible for emplacing the micro-continents that now form Central America. Ouachita
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