Definition of Variscan in English:
Variscan
adjective vəˈrɪsk(ə)nvəˈriskən
Geology another term for Hercynian
Example sentencesExamples
- Throughout the Sudetes, and perhaps the Variscan belt, Early Palaeozoic granitic magmatism caused deformation, possibly on a batholithic scale.
- In the late Carboniferous the northern Variscan foreland was situated just north of the Equator, and strong trade winds occurred in the equatorial belt.
- The northern part of the Iberian Variscan belt forms the central zone of the Ibero-Armorican arc, an arched belt of several stacked thrust units.
- The sandstones deposited differ from all the earlier sandstones in that they contain low-grade metamorphic debris derived from the Variscan orogenic belt.
- During Variscan orogenesis further deformation and magmatism affected the North Armorican Massif.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Latin Varisci (the name of a Germanic tribe) + -an.