scandia
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scandia
[′skan·dē·ə] McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Faults commonly dip towards the NW at angles of 80-55[degrees], which is appropriate for foreland reverse fault activation associated with the
Scandian phase of the Caledonian orogeny, which was centered some 600 km to the NW.
The orogenic wedge in the central Scandinavian Caledonides:
Scandian structural evolution and possible influence on the foreland basin.
The localities in the S-W region are within a specific climatic area that is sheltered from maritime influence by the
Scandian Mountains (Hamet-Ahti, 1963).
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