Geology of Europe

Laurasia () was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Mya), the other being Gondwana. It separated from Gondwana (beginning in the late Triassic period) during the breakup of Pangaea, drifting further north after the split and finally broke apart with the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean 56 Mya. The name is a portmanteau of Laurentia and Eurasia.

tectonic plate

plain in Europe

mountain range

geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France

Geological feature in Eastern Europe

Belgian geologist (1809-1857)

geologic region of Iberia and north Africa encircling the Alboran Sea

regional geology

core of the Baltica proto-plate and consists of the Fennoscandia, Volgo-Uralia and Sarmatia crustal segments

geological rifts by the Alps

ancient tectonic plate

tectonic zone in Europe formed during the Variscan or Hercynian Orogeny

Permo-Triassic sedimentary basin in Central Europe and the North Sea realm

tectonic zone in the Carpathian Mountains