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词汇 Variscan
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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.

Definition of Variscan in US English:

Variscan

adjectivevəˈriskən
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.
    • During Variscan orogenesis further deformation and magmatism affected the North Armorican Massif.
    • The sandstones deposited differ from all the earlier sandstones in that they contain low-grade metamorphic debris derived from the Variscan orogenic belt.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Latin Varisci (the name of a Germanic tribe) + -an.

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