hercynian in a sentence
Examples
- The Montagne Noire result largely from what is known as the Variscan ( or Hercynian ) Orogeny.
- In the Rouergue though this was overprinted by hercynian metamorphism that developed under LP / HT conditions.
- In 53 BC, Caesar stated that the Dacian territory was on the eastern border of the Hercynian Forest.
- These ancient rocks were formed over 300 million years ago and deformed by the formation of the Hercynian chain.
- Stephanian age molasse deposits overlie the other Carboniferous rocks and are unrelated to the Hercynian ( Variscan ) orogeny.
- That the Helvetians originally lived in southern Germany is confirmed by the Alexandrian geographer Main, and the Hercynian forest.
- This Boiohaemum was apparently isolated to the area where King Marobod's kingdom was centred, within the Hercynian forest.
- The collision of Siberia with Laurussia caused the Variscan or Hercynian Orogeny in Europe or the Alleghenian Orogeny in North America.
- The oldest Paleozoic rocks experienced the first stage of deformation during the Hercynian orogeny, but younger Alpine overprint is common.
- Turbidites with olistoliths also appear in the Serpukhovian, indicating the first sign of the Hercynian ( Variscan ) tectonic events.