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    The Acadian orogeny is a long-lasting mountain building event which began in the Middle Devonian, reaching a climax in the Late Devonian. It was active...
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    this orogeny. In this definition, the Taconic and Acadian orogenies in what today is North America are included in the phases of the Caledonian orogeny. Some...
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    Alleghanian orogeny). The third mountain-building event was the Acadian orogeny which occurred between 375 and 359 million years ago. The Acadian orogeny was...
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    Caledonian/Acadian belts at the end of the Caledonian orogeny (Early Devonian). Present-day coastlines are in gray. The Finnmarkian orogeny affected northern...
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    Taconic orogeny – Mountain-building period that affected most of New England Acadian orogeny – North American orogeny Alleghanian orogeny – Mountain-forming...
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  • a French dialect Acadian flycatcher, a small insect-eating bird Acadian orogeny, a middle Paleozoic deformation in geology Acadian Peninsula, a peninsula...
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    The collision reached its end during the Early Devonian, part of the Acadian Orogeny with the final closure of Iapetus and the intrusion of late orogenic...
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    eventually covered with lava during the Paleozoic, peaking during the Acadian orogeny. During the Carboniferous period, about 340 million years ago, New...
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    conjunction with the Strathmore syncline to the south-east during the Acadian orogeny in a transpressive regime that caused the uplift of the Grampian block...
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    mountain-building began, the Acadian orogeny. In the southern Appalachians of Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina, the Taconic orogeny was not associated with...
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