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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS

EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS. SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY. Silurian named after Silures , an ancient tribe from Wales named by Roderick Murchison (1830’s). EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS. SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY. Laurentia collides with Baltica closing the northen branch of the Iapetus

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EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS

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  1. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Silurian named after Silures, an ancient tribe from Wales named by Roderick Murchison (1830’s)

  2. 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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  4. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY

  5. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY North America

  6. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY

  7. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Resistant Lockport Dolomite Niagara Falls Part of Tippecanoe Sequence

  8. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY

  9. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin

  10. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin

  11. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin

  12. 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

  13. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin Depositional environments Water circulation patterns

  14. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin

  15. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin

  16. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin

  17. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin Depositional environments Water circulation patterns

  18. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin Barred evaporite basin

  19. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin Salt deposits

  20. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY Michigan Basin Salt deposits

  21. EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTS SILURIAN PALEOCLIMATE

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