Geological sections through the Variscan Orogen in the Bohemian Massif

Abstract

The construction of sections through the Variscan Orogen in the Bohemian Massif is discussed to solve the following problems: the age of the Moldanubicum and the relationship between the Moldanubicum and the Proterozoic of the Barrandian region, the Precambrian/Palaeozoic boundaries, the differentiation of the effects of the Variscan and Cadomian orogenies, the delimitation of the Variscan units in the Bohemian Massif, and the zonal structure of the Variscan orogen in central Europe. The development of the Variscan orogen in time and space is also discussed from the viewpoint of the influence of the supracrustal structure and the secular tendencies of the development of the earth's crust in the central European region.