تجبل أكادي

التجبل الأكادي Acadian orogeny ، هي حركة بانية للجبال أثرت على سلسلة جبال الأبالاش في شرق الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية خلال منتصف حقبة الحياة القديمة ، وتزامنت مع غلق حوض المحيط الأطلنطي الإبتدائي ، أو مايطلق عليه المحيط الأيپتوسي، ويقابلها في اوروبا التجبل الكاليدوني.

The Appalachian Orogeny, a result of three separate continental collisions. USGS

Avalon Collision, Closing of the Iapetus Ocean. LISRC

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 ديناميكية الأرض

Extent of the Catskill clastic wedge in VA and WV

Acadian Orogeny, Various terranes accreted to the Laurentian plate. LISRC

North American Structure, Various orogenic belts and other terranes depicted in the North American Structure map. USGS

Early Devonian, Placement of continents during middle to late Devonian Period. LISRC

Extent of the Catskill clastic wedge in VA and WV

Extent of the Pocono clastic wedge in VA and WV

 انظر أيضا

• Orogeny - 'mountain building'
• Iapetus Ocean
• Taconic orogeny
• Central Pangean Mountains

 المصادر

5. Dictionary of Geological Terms, 3rd. Edition,1984, Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson, Eds., prepared by The American Geological Institute

6. International Tectonic Dictionary, 1967, Memoir 7, Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists, p. 114

7. USGS document “Migration of the Acadian Orogen and the Foreland Basin across the Northern Appalachians of Maine and Adjacent Areas” (retrieved on 2011-04-02). [1]

8. (LISRC) Long Island Sound Resource Center document “Connecticut Geology” (retrieved on 2011-04-02). www.lisrc.uconn.edu/lisrc/geology.asp?p2=History&p3=glhct

9. This article incorporates copyrighted material from the website by Fichter, L.S.; Baedke, S.J. (1999). “The Geological Evolution of Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic Region” (retrieved and used for educational purposes on 2011-04-08). [2]

10. This article incorporates public domain material collected and used for educational purposes from the website Geological History of Jamestown Rhode Island document “Building New England: The Taconic and Acadian Orogenies” by John Carter (retrieved and used for educational purposes on 2011-04-10). www.jamestown-ri.info/acadian.htm

11. Healey, D.; “The Acadian Orogeny: An Overview”; www.oberlin.edu/healey 204 project

12. Ettonsohn, F. R.; “The Sedimentary Record of Foreland Basin, Tectophase Cycles: Examples from the Appalachian Basin, USA”; from the publication “Cyclic Development of Sedimentary Basins”; copyrighted 2005.

13. Murphy, J. B.; van Staal, C. R.; Keppie, J. D.; July 1999; Geology; v.27; p. 653-656.

14. Dorais, M. J.; Wintsch, R. P.; Nelson, W. R.; Tubrett, M.; “Insights into the Acadian Orogeny, New England Appalachians: a provenance study of the Carrabassett and Kittery formations of Maine"