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Est. 1828
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'hercynian'
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Words to Describe hercynian

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Things hercynian often describes ("hercynian ________")

  • wilderness
  • foundation
  • deposits
  • unconformity
  • uplift
  • chain
  • cycles
  • zone
  • basin
  • structures
  • folding
  • consolidation
  • movements
  • stages
  • granites
  • marshes
  • granite
  • intrusions
  • wood
  • tectonics
  • structure
  • orogen
  • trend
  • orogenesis
  • ocean
  • basins
  • complex
  • belts
  • stage
  • forest
  • phases
  • continent
  • collision
  • lands
  • forests
  • orogene
  • origin
  • epoch
  • platforms
  • compression
  • direction
  • crust
  • massif
  • orogenies
  • woods
  • rock
  • geosyncline
  • regions
  • belt
  • foreland
  • ranges
  • deformation
  • uplands
  • rocks
  • geosynclines
  • age
  • folds
  • zones
  • mass
  • chains
  • faults
  • massifs
  • period
  • system
  • range
  • cycle
  • block
  • phase
  • basement
  • peneplain
  • events
  • revolution
  • platform
  • metamorphism
  • blocks
  • orogeny
  • trends
  • times
  • front
  • surface
  • processes
  • region
  • event
  • highlands
  • mountains
  • movement

How hercynian often is described ("________ hercynian")

  • sub
  • late
  • appalachian
  • post
  • early

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