Scandinavian Caledonides

  • Also Known As: Norway Upland

  • Type: Physiographic Province

Scandinavian Caledonides is a physiographic province of the Fennoscandia Shield part of the European continent. The geological province extends across most of Norway and includes adjacent parts of Sweden. The geography is made up of late Proterozoic to Silurian metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks, deposited in the Iapetus Ocean about 700 to 400 million years ago ago. - AsNotedIn


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