Moldanubian Zone
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title:
Moldanubian Zone
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The Moldanubian Zone is in the regional geology of Europe a tectonic zone formed during the Variscan or Hercynian Orogeny. The Moldanubian Zone crops out in the Bohemian Massif and the southern part of the Black Forest and Vosges and contains the highest grade metamorphic rocks of Variscan age in Europe. The Moldanubian Zone was introduced by German geologist Franz Kossmat in 1927. It has a generally higher grade of metamorphism than the Saxothuringian Zone to the northwest. The contact between
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A tectonic zone in Europe formed during the Variscan or Hercynian Orogeny
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldanubian_Zone
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2022-06-02T09:09:32Z
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