Saalianadj.n.
/ˈzɑːlɪən/ Geology.
Designating, or pertaining to, a minor orogenic episode in Europe which is believed to have occurred in the Permian period. Also elliptical as n.
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hercynian1895
Laramide1895
Caledonian1903
Armorican1906
Variscan1906
Taconic1908
Saalian1931
Pfalzian1932
Shamvaian1947
pan-African1964
1931 J. W. Gregory & B. H. Barrett Gen. Stratigr. 19 The Saalian is represented in England by the Armorican which is earlier than Middle Permian.
1933 Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (Sci. section) II. 456 (table) Saalian folding.
1937 A. 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.
1937 A. L. Du Toit Our Wandering Continents 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.
1973 P. 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).
1974 Encycl. 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).
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ˈSaalic adj.
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1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. 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.
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