Variscan orogeny

E98603
geological event mountain-building event orogeny

The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Variscan orogeny canonical 15
Hercynian orogeny 4
European Variscides 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event ⓘ
mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affects Armorican Massif ⓘ
Bohemian Massif ⓘ
British Isles ⓘ
Cornubian Batholith ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Iberian Massif ⓘ
Massif Central ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
German Central Uplands ⓘ
surface form: Rhenish Massif

Spain ⓘ
Sudetes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Variscan orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Hercynian orogeny

Variscan orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Variscan orogenesis
cause assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
collision of continental plates ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
endTime Permian Period ⓘ
fieldOfStudy metamorphic geology ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
happenedIn Paleozoic Era ⓘ
late Paleozoic ⓘ
hasConsequence control on distribution of European mineral resources ⓘ
formation of European basement structures ⓘ
involves closure of Rheic Ocean ⓘ
collision of Gondwana-derived terranes ⓘ
collision of Laurussia ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
namedAfter ancient region of Variscia (Vogtland) ⓘ
partOf supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: assembly of Pangaea

late Paleozoic orogenic events ⓘ
produced coal-bearing foreland basins ⓘ
unconformities in late Paleozoic strata ⓘ
relatedTo Appalachian orogeny ⓘ
result crustal thickening ⓘ
fold-and-thrust belts ⓘ
formation of mountain belts in Europe ⓘ
granite intrusions ⓘ
regional metamorphism ⓘ
startTime Devonian Period ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
timeSpanApproximate about 400 to 280 million years ago ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appalachian orogeny → relatedTo → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Appalachian orogeny → relatedTo → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hercynian orogeny
Anti-Atlas → orogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny → followedBy → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Bohemian Massif → partOf → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Variscides
Bohemian Massif → orogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Vosges Mountains → orogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Avalonia microcontinent → involvedInOrogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Variscan orogeny → alsoKnownAs → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Variscan orogenesis
Variscan orogeny → alsoKnownAs → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hercynian orogeny
Alpine orogeny → relatedTo → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hercynian orogeny
Pico Almanzor → hasGeologicalOrigin → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: hercynian orogeny
Sierra de Gredos → geologicalPeriod → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hercynian orogeny
Upper Palatine Forest → geologicalUnit → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Variscan orogeny structures
Moldanubian Zone → geologicalAge → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Moldanubian Zone → orogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Saxothuringian Zone → partOf → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Variscan orogen
Saxothuringian Zone → partOf → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Variscides
Saxothuringian Zone → records → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Saxothuringian Zone → orogenyRecorded → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Moravo–Silesian Zone → geologicalSetting → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Variscan orogen
Moravo–Silesian Zone → orogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Preseli bluestone → geologicalProvince → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Variscan orogeny belt
Armorican Massif → orogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Marathon orogeny → relatedTo → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Laurussia → associatedWithOrogeny → Variscan orogeny ⓘ
Euramerica → playedRoleIn → Variscan orogeny ⓘ