Variscan orogeny

Collision of tectonic plates resulting in the creation of mountains
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Variscan orogeny

Summary

Variscan orogeny is a historical period[1]. It draws 175 Wikipedia views per month (historical_period category, ranking #159 of 371).[2]

Key Facts

  • Variscan orogeny is credited with the discovery of Eduard Suess[3].
  • Variscan orogeny's instance of is recorded as historical period[4].
  • Variscan chain is named after Variscan orogeny[5].
  • Variscan orogeny's subclass of is recorded as orogeny[6].
  • Variscan orogeny's Commons category is recorded as Variscan orogeny[7].
  • Variscan orogeny's start time is recorded as -380000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Variscan orogeny's end time is recorded as -280000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Variscan orogeny's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07b6ml[10].
  • Variscan orogeny's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph503005[11].
  • Variscan orogeny's PSH ID is recorded as 4568[12].
  • Variscan orogeny's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Variscan orogeny's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14].
  • Variscan orogeny's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Hercynian-orogeny[15].
  • Variscan orogeny's has effect is recorded as Variscan chain[16].
  • Variscan orogeny's time period is recorded as Paleozoic[17].
  • Variscan orogeny's time period is recorded as Upper Paleozoic[18].
  • Variscan orogeny's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'orogenèse hercynienne'}[19].
  • Variscan orogeny's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'orogénèse varisque'}[20].
  • Variscan orogeny's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as varisques-chaines-hercyniennes[21].
  • Variscan orogeny's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Variscan orogeny's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Spain[23].
  • Variscan orogeny's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as France[24].
  • Variscan orogeny's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Portugal[25].
  • Variscan orogeny's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Italy[26].
  • Variscan orogeny's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Germany[27].

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Works and Contributions

Variscan orogeny is credited with the discovery of Eduard Suess[3].

Why It Matters

Variscan orogeny draws 175 Wikipedia views per month (historical_period category, ranking #159 of 371).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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