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Saalian, a. (n.) Geol.|ˈzɑːlɪən|
[ad. G. saalisch (H. Stille 1920, in Nachr. v.d. K. Ges. d. Wissensch. z. Göttingen (Math.-phys. Kl.) 219), f. Saale (q.v.): see -ian).]
Designating, or pertaining to, a minor orogenic episode in Europe which is believed to have occurred in the Permian period. Also ellipt. as n. Also ˈSaalic a.
1931Gregory & Barrett Gen. Stratigr. 19 The Saalian is represented in England by the Armorican which is earlier than Middle Permian. 1933Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (Sci. Sect.) II. 456 (table) Saalian folding. 1937A. L. Du Toit Our Wandering Continents vii. 156 The relatively weak Saalian and Pfalzian Phases marked out the end of the Lower and Upper Permian respectively in the central Variscan zone. Ibid. xvi. 309 The Saalian was weak in Europe and the Urals, but strong in both west and east—in the Caribbean and Appalachians and along the southern margin of Asia. 1969Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles x. 244 The pre-Permian unconformity of north-east England may be due to the Asturic Phase or to the (later) Saalic Phase. 1973P. J. Burek in Tarling & Runcorn Implications Continental Drift to Earth Sci. II. 822 The closing of the Ural trough along with the formation of the Uralides (Saalian orogenic phase). 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIV. 99/1 In Europe, orogenic and igneous activities were on a much smaller scale than they had been in the Carboniferous. Here, two minor orogenies..are generally named Pfälzian (post-Early Permian) and Saalian (Late Permian). |