Phanerozoic paleoenvironment and paleolithofacies maps : Early Paleozoic

• Autorzy: Golonka J.

Warianty tytułu

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Mapy paleośrodowiska i paleolitofacji fanerozoiku : wczesny paleozoik

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper presents the detailed plate tectonic, paleogeographic, paleoenvironment and plaeolithofacies maps for eight Early Paleozoic time intervals. Forty maps, generated using PLATES and PALEOMAP programs, contain information about plate tectonics, paleoenvironment, and plaeolithofacies during Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian. Disintegration of supercontinent Pannotia and origin of Gondwana, Laurentia and Baltica occur during Early Cambrian. Oceans spreading continued during Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician; vast platform flooded by shallow seas existed on the continents. The plate tectonic reorganization happened during Middle Ordovician. Silurian was a time of Caledonian orogeny, closing of Early Paleozoic oceans and origin of supercontinent Laurussia as a result of Laurentia and Baltica collision. Information contained within global and regional papers were posted on the maps and the detailed paleoenvironment and plaeolithofacies zones were distinguished within the platforms, basins and ridges.

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Artykuł przedstawia szczegółowe mapy paleogeograficzne dla ośmiu przedziałów czasowych w obrębie wczesnego paleozoiku. Czterdzieści map, skonstruowanych przy użyciu programów PLATES i PALEOMAP, zawiera informacje dotyczące tektoniki płyt, paleośrodowiska i paleolitofacji w czasie kambru, ordowiku i syluru. We wczesnym kambrze nastąpił rozpad superkontynentu Pannotia i utworzyły się kontynenty: Gondwana, Laurencja, Bałtyka i Syberia. W późnym kambrze i wczesnym ordowiku w dalszym ciągu ma miejsce spreding oceanów, istnieją też w tym czasie rozległe platformy zalane przez płytkie morza na kontynentach. Reorganizacja płyt litosfery nastąpiła w środkowym ordowiku. Sylur był okresem orogenezy kaledońskiej, zamknięciem wczesno- paleozoicznych oceanów i powstania superkontynentu Laurosji z połączenia Laurencji i Bałtyki. Informacje zawarte w szeregu globalnych i regionalnych prac zostały naniesione na mapy, a w obrębie platform, basenów i grzbietów wydzielono poszczególne strefy paleośrodowiskowe i paleolitofacjalne

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Cambrian; Ordovician; Silurian; plate tectonics; paleogeography

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paleogeografia; kambr; ordowik; sylur; tektonika płyt litosfery

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwa AGH
• Czasopismo: Geologia / Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: T. 35, z. 4
• Strony: 589--654
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 254 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Golonka J.

• Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Wydział Geologii, Geofizyki i Ochrony Środowiska; al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków

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