Silurian continental distributions, paleogeography, climatology, and biogeography
Continental orientations during the Silurian Period have been determined using paleoclimatic in addition to paleomagnetic data. The influence of climate on lithology is particularly marked during periods like the Silurian when epeiric seas were widespread and sedimentation was dominantly autochthono...
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ftumdeepblue:oai:deepblue.lib.umich.edu:2027.42/22904 2024-09-15T18:36:54+00:00 Silurian continental distributions, paleogeography, climatology, and biogeography Ziegler, A. M. Hansen, K. S. Johnson, M. E. Kelly, M. A. Scotese, Christopher R. Van der Voo, Rob Department of Geology and Mineralogy, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.A. Department of Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, U.S.A. Department of Geology, The University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. 1977-06-08 3634574 bytes 3118 bytes application/pdf text/plain http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/22904 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V72-489YBB0-51/2/dc52f624de09e6055b0c8d76ad09d979 https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(77)90028-2 en_US eng Elsevier Ziegler, A. M., Hansen, K. S., Johnson, M. E., Kelly, M. A., Scotese, C. R., Van Der Voo, R. (1977/06/08)."Silurian continental distributions, paleogeography, climatology, and biogeography." Tectonophysics 40(1-2): 13-51. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/22904> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V72-489YBB0-51/2/dc52f624de09e6055b0c8d76ad09d979 http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/22904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(77)90028-2 Tectonophysics IndexNoFollow Geology and Earth Sciences Science Article 1977 ftumdeepblue https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(77)90028-2 2024-07-30T04:06:07Z Continental orientations during the Silurian Period have been determined using paleoclimatic in addition to paleomagnetic data. The influence of climate on lithology is particularly marked during periods like the Silurian when epeiric seas were widespread and sedimentation was dominantly autochthonous (evaporites, carbonates, reefs, authigenic minerals) and therefore reflective of climate at the depositional site. During such times, with few large land areas in low latitudes, one would expect climatic patterns to have been more zonal than cellular, and also that long river systems (capable of transporting clastic sediments from wet to dry belts) would not have existed. Therefore, even allochthonous deposits, particularly thick sequences of coarse elastics can be added to the list of paleoclimatic indicators.Silurian northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation can be modeled on present patterns in the southern hemisphere because of the lack of significant land influence on climate. The wet-hot (10[deg]N--10[deg]S), dry-warm (10[deg]--30[deg]), wet-cool (30[deg]-60[deg]), dry-cold (60[deg]--pole) pattern is amply confirmed by Silurian sediment distribution on those paleocontinents whose orientations have been established from paleomagnetic measurements (Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia). Paleozoic sedimentation in these zones is as follows: 10[deg]N--10[deg]S, thick elastics and reefs associated with leading plate margins, and carbonates and reefs in the epeiric seas; 10[deg]--30[deg], evaporites, carbonates and reefs; 30[deg]--60[deg], clastics, coals and tillites; 60[deg]--pole mostly tillites. The other paleo-continents (Kazakhstania, North China, South China, Gondwana) can be oriented by using the above lithologic associations in ways consistent with their known convergent and collision patterns in the late Paleozoic. All were in relatively low latitudes with the exception of Gondwana which was over the South Pole. A large north polar ocean existed which must have had an ameliorating effect on climate in the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Siberia University of Michigan: Deep Blue Tectonophysics 40 1-2 13 51 |
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Continental orientations during the Silurian Period have been determined using paleoclimatic in addition to paleomagnetic data. The influence of climate on lithology is particularly marked during periods like the Silurian when epeiric seas were widespread and sedimentation was dominantly autochthonous (evaporites, carbonates, reefs, authigenic minerals) and therefore reflective of climate at the depositional site. During such times, with few large land areas in low latitudes, one would expect climatic patterns to have been more zonal than cellular, and also that long river systems (capable of transporting clastic sediments from wet to dry belts) would not have existed. Therefore, even allochthonous deposits, particularly thick sequences of coarse elastics can be added to the list of paleoclimatic indicators.Silurian northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation can be modeled on present patterns in the southern hemisphere because of the lack of significant land influence on climate. The wet-hot (10[deg]N--10[deg]S), dry-warm (10[deg]--30[deg]), wet-cool (30[deg]-60[deg]), dry-cold (60[deg]--pole) pattern is amply confirmed by Silurian sediment distribution on those paleocontinents whose orientations have been established from paleomagnetic measurements (Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia). Paleozoic sedimentation in these zones is as follows: 10[deg]N--10[deg]S, thick elastics and reefs associated with leading plate margins, and carbonates and reefs in the epeiric seas; 10[deg]--30[deg], evaporites, carbonates and reefs; 30[deg]--60[deg], clastics, coals and tillites; 60[deg]--pole mostly tillites. The other paleo-continents (Kazakhstania, North China, South China, Gondwana) can be oriented by using the above lithologic associations in ways consistent with their known convergent and collision patterns in the late Paleozoic. All were in relatively low latitudes with the exception of Gondwana which was over the South Pole. A large north polar ocean existed which must have had an ameliorating effect on climate in the ... |
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Department of Geology and Mineralogy, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.A. Department of Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, U.S.A. Department of Geology, The University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. |
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Silurian continental distributions, paleogeography, climatology, and biogeography |
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