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Cees Van Staal on the Origin of the Appalachians

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Cees Van Staal traces the Paleozoic tectonic events that built the Appalachians and their connections with the Caledonian mountains. He distinguishes that ancient assembly from the origins of today’s landscape, which also reflects Atlantic rifting, associated magmatism and much later glaciation.

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Paleozoic tectonic eventsAppalachiansCaledonian mountainsancient assemblyAtlantic riftingMagmatismglaciationCees Van Staal

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