Brunovistulian terrane

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The Brunovistulian terrane is a Precambrian to early Paleozoic crustal block in Central Europe that forms part of the basement underlying the eastern Variscan orogen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crustal block
geological unit
terrane
associatedWithOrogeny Variscan orogeny NERFINISHED
basementFor eastern Variscan orogen NERFINISHED
boundedBy East European Craton NERFINISHED
Moldanubian Zone NERFINISHED
Teplá–Barrandian terrane NERFINISHED
exposedIn Austria NERFINISHED
Czech Republic NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Slovakia NERFINISHED
formsBasementOf Moravo-Silesian Zone NERFINISHED
southern part of the Bohemian Massif
geologicalAge Precambrian
early Paleozoic
hasCrustalAge Cambrian
Neoproterozoic
Ordovician
hasCrustalCharacter peri-Gondwanan microcontinent fragment
hasDeformationAge Variscan
hasEconomicInterest potential mineral resources
hasMagmatismAge Cambro-Ordovician magmatism GENERATED
Neoproterozoic magmatism GENERATED
hasMetamorphicGrade low-grade metamorphism in parts
medium-grade metamorphism in parts
hasProtolithAge Paleozoic GENERATED
Proterozoic GENERATED
hasStructuralStyle polyphase deformation
hasTectonicAffinity peri-Gondwanan terranes
isSubunitOf Bohemian Massif NERFINISHED
lithologyIncludes gneisses
granitoids
metasedimentary rocks
metavolcanic rocks
locatedIn Central Europe
namedAfter Brno and Vistula regions NERFINISHED
partOf Central European basement
relatedTo Cadomian orogeny NERFINISHED
researchTopicIn Central European geology
Variscan tectonics
separatedFrom East European Craton by the Trans-European Suture Zone
studiedUsing geochronology
petrology
structural geology
tectonicSetting accreted to the Variscan orogenic belt
underlies eastern Variscan orogen NERFINISHED

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Moravo–Silesian Zone overlies Brunovistulian terrane