Earth Heritage Glossary

Welcome to the CCW Earth heritage glossary index page. Over the next year or so, we will be adding more and more terms to the Earth Heritage glossary, and our other glossary chapters.

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Glossary for letter: V

Variscan Orogeny: a phase of mountain building in Europe that climaxed in late Carboniferous-early Permian times as a result of closure of the Rheic Ocean and the collision between Gondwana and Laurussia which united to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
Volcanic rock: a rock produced by the solidification of lava or pyroclastic material.
Volcaniclastic: descriptive of a sedimentary rock containing volcanic material.