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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geological orogeny
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gptkbp:age
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approximately 350 to 250 million years ago
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Variscan Belt
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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granite intrusions
coal basins
folded and metamorphosed rocks
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gptkbp:extendsTo
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gptkb:Western_Russia
gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:followedBy
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Alpine Orogeny
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gptkbp:formed
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gptkb:Late_Paleozoic_Era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Hercynian Belt
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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closure of Paleotethys Ocean
closure of Rheic Ocean
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Europe
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gptkbp:mainOrogenyPeriod
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gptkb:Permian
gptkb:Devonian
gptkb:Carboniferous
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Hercynian_Forest
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gptkbp:notableMountainRanges
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gptkb:Armorican_Massif
gptkb:Galician_Massif
gptkb:Massif_Central
gptkb:Sudetes
gptkb:Rhenish_Massif
gptkb:Harz_Mountains
gptkb:Bohemian_Massif
gptkb:Sierra_Morena
gptkb:Iberian_Massif
Cornubian Batholith
Pyrenees (partly)
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Caledonian_Orogeny
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gptkbp:relatedOrogeny
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gptkb:Appalachian_Orogeny
Alleghanian Orogeny
Uralian Orogeny
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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collision of Gondwana and Laurussia
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gptkbp:significance
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major tectonic event in European geology
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gptkbp:studiedIn
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gptkb:paleogeography
tectonics
structural geology
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gptkbp:tectonicSetting
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continental collision
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:European_Variscan_Belt
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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