hercynian meaning
/hûr-sinˈi-ən/
adjective
Of or relating to the forest-covered mountain region between the Rhine and the Carpathians or the mountain chains running NW and SE between Westphalia and Moravia, of Upper Carboniferous to Cretaceous date
ORIGIN: L Hercynia (silva) the Hercynian (forest)
adjective
Of or relating to the forest-covered mountain region between the Rhine and the Carpathians or the mountain chains running NW and SE between Westphalia and Moravia, of Upper Carboniferous to Cretaceous date
ORIGIN: L Hercynia (silva) the Hercynian (forest)
Examples
More: Next- geology and genesis of the hercynian-indosinian granitic rocks in zhuluke area, western liaoning province, china
- the thermal events of late hercynian movement and late yanshanian movement has great effects on the maturation of source rocks
- To the south it borders the Rhenohercynian Zone of the Hercynian orogeny.
- Late Hercynian granitoid bodies were intruded along the South Armorican Shear Zone.
- This was the short Bretonnic phase of the Hercynian orogeny.
