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The '''Variscan''' or '''Hercynian orogeny''' is a hypothetical sequence of events in geologic history that account for a group of highlands similar in age, stratigraphy, composition and fossils, called the Variscan Belt. It includes the mountains of [[Portugal]] and western [[Spain]], southwestern [[Ireland]] and [[England]], in [[France]] the [[Ardennes]], [[Massif Central]] and [[Vosges]], [[Corsica]], [[Sardinia]], in [[Germany]] the [[Black Forest]] and [[Harz Mountains]], and in [[Czechoslovakia]] the [[Bohemia|Bohemian Massif]]. (More to follow) |
The '''Variscan''' or '''Hercynian orogeny''' is a hypothetical sequence of events in geologic history that account for a group of highlands similar in age, stratigraphy, composition and fossils, called the Variscan Belt. It includes the mountains of [[Portugal]] and western [[Spain]], southwestern [[Ireland]] and [[England]], in [[France]] the [[Ardennes]], [[Massif Central]] and [[Vosges]], [[Corsica]], [[Sardinia]], in [[Germany]] the [[Black Forest]] and [[Harz Mountains]], and in [[Czechoslovakia]] the [[Bohemia|Bohemian Massif]]. (More to follow) |
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The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny is a hypothetical sequence of events in geologic history that account for a group of highlands similar in age, stratigraphy, composition and fossils, called the Variscan Belt. It includes the mountains of Portugal and western Spain, southwestern Ireland and England, in France the Ardennes, Massif Central and Vosges, Corsica, Sardinia, in Germany the Black Forest and Harz Mountains, and in Czechoslovakia the Bohemian Massif. (More to follow)