The Variscan orogeny, or Hercynian orogeny, was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia)...
14 KB (1,659 words) - 21:44, 16 August 2024
15–20 million years and was coeval with the early phase of the Variscan orogeny (Eo-Variscan or Ligerian) and because it was not related to the Iapetus Ocean...
62 KB (7,489 words) - 17:03, 15 July 2024
during the Hercynian period. This mountain building episode was the Variscan orogeny, named after Hof's Latin name (and the tribe of Varisci) of Curia variscorum...
28 KB (3,279 words) - 21:04, 10 April 2024
and Laurentia collided in the early Paleozoic, and the Hercynian or Variscan orogeny that formed Pangaea when Gondwana and the Old Red Sandstone Continent...
6 KB (603 words) - 09:54, 3 May 2024
phase of the Variscan orogeny of Laurussia, with metamorphic events in southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, and with the Antler orogeny of the Great...
21 KB (2,439 words) - 17:37, 27 March 2024
developed since the Triassic over remnant uplands of the Variscan orogeny (Hercynian orogeny). The sedimentary basin, no longer a single drainage basin...
4 KB (612 words) - 13:52, 1 July 2024
Geology of England (section Variscan Orogeny)
Carboniferous period, the Variscan orogeny (mountain building period) caused major deformation in south west England. The general region of Variscan folding was south...
26 KB (3,320 words) - 09:04, 14 July 2024
Geology of Wales (section Variscan Orogeny)
times, through the Permian, South Wales lay on the northern margin of the Variscan orogen, an area affected by a complex continental collision taking place...
30 KB (3,850 words) - 09:05, 14 July 2024
Meseta Mountains, and the Mauritanide Mountains, an event called the Variscan orogeny. South America moved northward to southern Euramerica, while the eastern...
39 KB (4,697 words) - 07:36, 13 May 2024
Orogenic collapse (category Orogeny)
the Aegean orogeny (c. 70 - 14 Ma), followed by crustal extension and thinning due to slab rollback of the African Plate. The Variscan orogeny was a result...
14 KB (1,491 words) - 15:37, 8 February 2024