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Record 1 2005-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Chronology
DEF

... refers to a mountain forming time in the eastern hemisphere in the late Palaeozoic era (300 million years ago).

PHR

Hercynian gneiss, pluton.

PHR

Variscan orogeny.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Chronologie
DEF

Se dit du dernier plissement de l'ère primaire aboutissant à la formation de massifs montagneux.

PHR

Orogénie hercycienne; pli, pluton hercynien.

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

FRSRE, (2), vol. XX, fasc. 1, p. 5-28 1978.

Spanish

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