Rhenohercynian Zone

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The Rhenohercynian Zone is a major structural unit of the Variscan (Hercynian) orogenic belt in western and central Europe, characterized by deformed Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological zone
structural unit
age Paleozoic
boundedBy Armorican Massif NERFINISHED
Bohemian Massif NERFINISHED
London–Brabant Massif NERFINISHED
Rhenish Massif NERFINISHED
characterizedBy deformed Paleozoic sedimentary rocks
deformed Paleozoic volcanic rocks
contains sedimentary basins
volcanic sequences
deformationStyle compressional tectonics
distinguishedFrom Armorican Zone NERFINISHED
Saxo-Thuringian Zone NERFINISHED
extendsInto Belgium NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Luxembourg NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
formedDuring Carboniferous
Late Paleozoic
hasEconomicResources coal deposits
hydrocarbon potential
locatedIn central Europe
western Europe NERFINISHED
namedAfter Rhine region NERFINISHED
oriented roughly east–west
orogeny Variscan orogeny NERFINISHED
overprintedBy Variscan metamorphism
partOf Hercynian orogen NERFINISHED
Variscan orogen NERFINISHED
relatedTo closure of Rheic Ocean
subduction of Rheic Ocean
researchField stratigraphy
structural geology
tectonics
stratigraphyIncludes Carboniferous sediments
Devonian sediments
tectonicStyle fold-and-thrust belt
tectonicUnitOf European Variscides NERFINISHED
underlainBy Paleozoic basement

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Saxothuringian Zone boundedBy Rhenohercynian Zone