Variscanadj.

/vəˈrɪskən/

Etymology: < Latin Variscī (see quot. 1906) + -an suffix, after German variscisch (E. Suess Antlitz der Erde (1888) II. iii. ii. 131).

Geology.

Of, pertaining to, or designating a mountain system that formerly extended from southern Ireland and Britain through central France and Germany to southern Poland, or the orogeny that gave rise to it during late Palæozoic time.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adjective] > orogenesis > specific

hercynian1895

Laramide1895

Caledonian1903

Armorican1906

Variscan1906

Taconic1908

Saalian1931

Pfalzian1932

Shamvaian1947

pan-African1964

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > spec

Alpine?a1475

Pyrene?a1475

Riphaean1555

Pyrenean?1556

Pyrenee1590

hercynian1598

Alpic1611

Appalachian1672

Carpathian1673

Rhipaean1703

Alleghenian1740

Altaic1762

Altaian1780

Balkan1785

Uralian1801

Lepontine1802

Altai1824

Dinaric1833

Andean1845

Alpigene1847

Lepontian1857

Uralic1861

Himalayan1866

Cordilleran1891

Andine1900

Armorican1906

Variscan1906

1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. iii. ii. 111 It is thus fitting that the name of this range, which includes most of the German horsts, should be borrowed from the land of the Varisci or the Vogtland; and we shall name it therefore the Variscan range, from the Latin name of Hof in Bavaria (Curia Variscorum).

1908 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth III. iv. viii. 346 The Carnic mountains are a chain..and of Variscan age.

1956 W. Edwards in D. L. Linton Sheffield i. 22 Earth-movements of the Variscan orogeny were already in action during deposition of the Lower Carboniferous.

1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xi. 255 The building of the Variscan mountain chains profoundly affected the geography of Europe, both in the distribution of land and sea and climatically.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VI. 14/1 The European geosyncline is called the Variscan.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	variscan
释义	Variscanadj. /vəˈrɪskən/ Etymology: < Latin Variscī (see quot. 1906) + -an suffix, after German variscisch (E. Suess Antlitz der Erde (1888) II. iii. ii. 131). Geology. Of, pertaining to, or designating a mountain system that formerly extended from southern Ireland and Britain through central France and Germany to southern Poland, or the orogeny that gave rise to it during late Palæozoic time. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adjective] > orogenesis > specific hercynian1895 Laramide1895 Caledonian1903 Armorican1906 Variscan1906 Taconic1908 Saalian1931 Pfalzian1932 Shamvaian1947 pan-African1964 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > spec Alpine?a1475 Pyrene?a1475 Riphaean1555 Pyrenean?1556 Pyrenee1590 hercynian1598 Alpic1611 Appalachian1672 Carpathian1673 Rhipaean1703 Alleghenian1740 Altaic1762 Altaian1780 Balkan1785 Uralian1801 Lepontine1802 Altai1824 Dinaric1833 Andean1845 Alpigene1847 Lepontian1857 Uralic1861 Himalayan1866 Cordilleran1891 Andine1900 Armorican1906 Variscan1906 1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. iii. ii. 111 It is thus fitting that the name of this range, which includes most of the German horsts, should be borrowed from the land of the Varisci or the Vogtland; and we shall name it therefore the Variscan range, from the Latin name of Hof in Bavaria (Curia Variscorum). 1908 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth III. iv. viii. 346 The Carnic mountains are a chain..and of Variscan age. 1956 W. Edwards in D. L. Linton Sheffield i. 22 Earth-movements of the Variscan orogeny were already in action during deposition of the Lower Carboniferous. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xi. 255 The building of the Variscan mountain chains profoundly affected the geography of Europe, both in the distribution of land and sea and climatically. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VI. 14/1 The European geosyncline is called the Variscan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1906
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