Geology Bites

Rob Strachan on the Caledonian Orogeny


Listen Later

The Caledonian orogeny is one of the most recent extinct mountain-building events. It took place in several phases during the three-way collision of continental blocks called Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia during the early stages of the assembly of the supercontinent Pangea. In the process, Himalayan-scale mountains were formed. While these mountains have been worn down today, we still see plenty of evidence for their existence in locations straddling the Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea. In the podcast, Rob Strachan describes the tectonic movements that led to the orogen and explains how we can reconstruct the sequence of events that occurred and what we can learn about today’s mountain-forming processes by studying the exhumed rocks of ancient orogens.

Strachan has studied the rocks of the Caledonian orogen for over 40 years, focusing on unraveling the history of the orogen in what is Scotland today.  He is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Portsmouth.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Geology BitesBy Oliver Strimpel

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

3 ratings


More shows like Geology Bites

View all
Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,925 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,380 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2,065 Listeners

The Life Scientific by BBC Radio 4

The Life Scientific

213 Listeners

SpaceTime: Your Guide to Space & Astronomy by Stuart Gary

SpaceTime: Your Guide to Space & Astronomy

314 Listeners

Pod Save the World by Crooked Media

Pod Save the World

24,475 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,729 Listeners

The Supermassive Podcast by The Royal Astronomical Society

The Supermassive Podcast

284 Listeners

Geology Bites by Oliver Strimpel

Geology Bites

7 Listeners

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast by Chris and Jesse

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast

206 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,320 Listeners

Weird Medieval Guys by Weird Medieval Guys

Weird Medieval Guys

187 Listeners