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Variscan orogeny
Collision of tectonic plates resulting in the creation of mountains / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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