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Caledonian Orogeny
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Following the peak compression ($\sim 420 \text{ Ma}$), the entire orogenic belt underwent rapid, gravity-driven extensional collapse during the Devonian period. This process is crucial for understanding the basin architecture of the Devonian Old Red Sandstone sequences, which filled the newly formed troughs.
The extension was accommodated by large-scale detachment faults, the most significant of which is the [Great Glen Fault system](/entries/great-glen-fault…