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ACADIAN MOUNTAIN CHAIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
OBS

By the Devonian, ... the collision of the North American and European Plates resulted in intense deformation and mountain building ... the Acadian Orogeny which generated a major mountain range along the north-eastern margin of North America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Le Dévonien : 395 millions à 354 millions d'années. [...] L'activité volcanique et la création de la chaîne des monts acadiens, sur la côte Est de l'Amérique du Nord entraînent le retrait de la mer.

OBS

Selon explication d'un géologue de l'Université de Moncton : monts parce qu'ils ne sont pas élevés; acadiens désigne plutôt la région qu'une appellation.

OBS

Sources : texte sur la géologie du parc national de Fundy.

Spanish

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