EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS

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SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Silurian named after Silures, an ancient
tribe from Wales named by Roderick Murchison
(1830s)
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Laurentia collides with Baltica closing the
northen branch of the Iapetus Ocean and forming
the "Old Red Sandstone" continent.
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY North America
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Resistant Lockport Dolomite Niagara Falls Part
of Tippecanoe Sequence
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin Barrier reefs developed on
margins Patch or pinnacle reefs on inside
margin of basin Reservoir rocks for petroleum
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin Depositional
environments Water circulation patterns
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin Depositional
environments Water circulation patterns
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin Barred evaporite basin
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin Salt deposits
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
Michigan Basin Salt deposits
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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS
SILURIAN PALEOCLIMATE