Variscan orogeny

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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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological event → mountain-building event → orogeny →
affects	Armorican Massif → Bohemian Massif → British Isles → Cornubian Batholith → Czech Republic → France → Germany NERFINISHED → 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 NERFINISHED → 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 NERFINISHED →
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary →
timeSpanApproximate	about 400 to 280 million years ago →

Referenced by (10)

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

Variscan orogeny → alsoKnownAs → Variscan orogeny →

this entity surface form: "Variscan orogenesis"

Variscan orogeny → alsoKnownAs → Variscan orogeny →

this entity surface form: "Hercynian orogeny"

Caledonian orogeny → followedBy → Variscan orogeny →

Avalonia microcontinent → involvedInOrogeny → Variscan orogeny →

Anti-Atlas → orogeny → Variscan orogeny →

Bohemian Massif → orogeny → Variscan orogeny →

Vosges Mountains → orogeny → Variscan orogeny →

Bohemian Massif → partOf → Variscan orogeny →

this entity surface form: "European Variscides"

Appalachian orogeny → relatedTo → Variscan orogeny →

this entity surface form: "Hercynian orogeny"