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Record 1 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

Late Devonian diastrophism.

OBS

Orogeny starting with the Siegenian and ending with the Famennian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Phase tectonique contemporaine de la phase bretonne (base du Carbonifère), ou un peu plus ancienne qu'elle.

OBS

Acadien : Phase orogénique du cycle calédonien au Dévonien (410-380 Ma), produite par la fermeture de l'océan Iapetus entraînant une collision en partie entre Baltica et Laurentia au nord-est.

Spanish

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