ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HERCYNIAN
From Latin Hercynia silva the Hercynian forest (i.e., the wooded mountains of central Germany, esp the Erzgebirge).
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERCYNIAN»
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Hercynian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Assuming that the Hercynian-age detritus within the Talea Ori-Plattenkalk unit (
Brix et al. 2002) was locally derived, these sedimentary units are likely have been
deposited on Hercynian basement, which was detached during Early Cenozoic ...
A. H. F. Robertson, Demosthenis Mountrakis, 2006
2
Basin Analysis and Model...
A similar analysis for the sedimentary section in well REG-1 in the Timimoun
basin with a Hercynian erosion of 2300 m assumed an initial Ro jump ARo = 0.73
% just after erosion. The parameters used for calculation are Az = 2.3 km. To = 10
°C ...
Monzer Makhous, Yu. I. Galushkin
3
The Role of Fluids in Crustal Processes
Despite their having major metasedimentary components in their sources, these
other Hercynian granitic rocks also have relatively low initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios,
suggesting that the source rocks for these magmas may also have been affected
by ...
4
Anatomy of an Orogen: The Apennines and Adjacent ...
(c) Later, during the Devonian, oceanic subduction and terrane accretion was
restricted to the northeastward drifting Armorica microplate. responsible for the
early Hercynian (Acadian- Ligerian-Bretonian, c. 390-350 Ma) deformations (
Perroud ...
Gian Battista Vai, Peter Martini, 2001
5
The Carpathians and Their Foreland: Geology and Hydrocarbon ...
Also shown is the anticipated front of the Hercynian orogenic belt below the
Carpathian thrust belt. Stratigraphic records of all wells shown on the map are
reported in Appendix 1. Cross sections of AA0,BB0,CC0, and DD0 are shown in
Figure ...
Jan Golonka, Frank J. Picha, 2006
THE HERCYNIAN UPLIFT There is abundant evidence for the next major
orogeny that affected Europe, the Hercynian (also known as the Variscan), which
caused the uplift of sedimentary rocks laid down mainly during Devonian (417
through ...
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Petroleum Geology of Libya
The Hameimat Trough is on trend with the Al Jaghbub Trough, an Hercynian
graben, penetrated by wells Gl-82 and A 1-120, in which the depth to the
Hercynian unconformity is 1850m. The Messiah High is on trend with the Siwa
High, ...
Daniel Clark-Lowes, Don Hallett, 2002
8
The Western Alps, from Rift to Passive Margin to Orogenic ...
The geographic area affected by Alpine deformation cuts partly and obliquely
across the region affected by Hercynian deformation (Fig. 4.1). The northern limit
of the Hercynian deformation is situated largely to the north of the North Alpine ...
Pierre Charles de Graciansky, David G. Roberts, Pierre Tricart, 2011
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Exploration in Spain: Report on Mining and Exploration ...
The Hercynian basement of late Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks extends from
the N coast to the Sierra Morena in the S, and from the Atlantic coast of Portugal
to the Mediterranean and Pyrenees, underlying Mesozoic and Cainozoic cover in
...
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The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian ...
A contemporaneous convergent plate boundary in the northwest is supposed to
be responsible for the final collision of the Saxo- Thuringian zone with the Rheno
-Hercynian zone of the Old Red continent. A Rheno-Hercynian retrowedge is ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERCYNIAN»
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Hercynian is used in the context of the following news items.
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal Explores the Turbulent Psyche …
His IMDB cites him as the director of 2009's Of Montreal: In a Fit of Hercynian Prig, Oculi, though as far as I can tell that film never made wide ... «Phoenix New Times, Aug 14»
How Earth Avoided Global Warming 300 Million Years Ago
According to researchers, the "Hercynian" mountains that formed in the middle of the ancient supercontinent, Pangea, were central to reducing ... «Design & Trend, Jun 14»
'Hercynian' Mountain Range: How Earth Evaded Global Warming …
"If it hadn't been for the formation of the Hercynian mountains, the atmospheric CO2 levels would have reached around 25 times the ... «Nature World News, Jun 14»
How Earth avoided global warming, last time around
The period coincides with the rise of a vast series of mountains in the interior of Pangea, the "Hercynian" mountains". These mountains arose in ... «EurekAlert, Jun 14»
How Earth Dodged Warming 300 Million Years Ago
The rock weathering effect was lessened, so CO2 should have risen, right? It didn't, the study reports, due to the imposing Hercynian mountain ... «Discovery News, Jun 14»
Origin of the Name Britain and the Western Greeks
He wrote that he got the information from 'some writers' and regarding the Hercynian Forest from 'Eratosthenes and certain Greeks'. Only one ... «Greek Reporter, May 14»
IMF Recycle Peak Oil Theory
Global shale energy resources are geologically located in the world's Hercynian-Variscan orogenic zones. These also include deep coal, and ... «The Market Oracle, Jun 13»
Go Gamay Go
From a stainless steel ferment, the Loyse gives off a vinous, tart, pressed gas and Hercynian sedimentary note. Soft white, lithe and airy. 88 @ ... «Canada.com, May 13»
The Pangaea Resource Mountain
For world unconventional shale-based oil and gas resources the key event was what is called the Variscan-Hercynian orogeny, dating to a ... «The Market Oracle, Dec 12»
Senegal's large-scale compartments provide new exploration potential
Onshore, the basin is bound on the north by the Regubiat High, on the south by the Guinea Fracture Zone, and on the east by the Pan African/Hercynian ... «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Jan 12»
