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In Devonian times, the erosion of the Caledonian chain gave rise to several thousands of metres of brightly coloured conglomerates, sandstones and shales. These detrital sediments are called the Old Red Sandstone. They accumulated on a vast North Atlantic continent stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Urals, with especially fine outcrops in Scotland and Wales.
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Gall, JC. (1983). The Old Red Sandstone Continent. In: Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68909-3_8
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