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Phanerozoic paleoenvironment and paleolithofacies maps. Late Palezoic
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2007) Golonka, Jan
The paper presents the detailed plate tectonic, paleogeographic, paleoenvironment and paleolithofacies maps for eight Late Paleozoic time intervals. These maps are dealing with the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian time slices. The relationship of the continental configuration, lithofacies, tectonics and climate from the disassembly of Oldredia to the assembly of Pangea is clearly depicted on this series of reconstructions. The distribution of lithofacies shows climatic change associated with continental disassembly and assembly. The breakup of continents and origin of oceans generated basins related to rifting and passive margin development. The assembly of continents contributed to the formation of foreland basins. The subduction zones are related to the back--arc basins. The biological extinction events were perhaps related to the plate reorganization and mantle plume activity.
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Phanerozoic paleoenvironment and paleolithofacies maps. Mesozoic
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2007) Golonka, Jan
The paper presents the detailed plate tectonic, paleogeographic, paleoenvironment and paleolithofacies maps for eight Mesozoic time intervals. The most significant Triassic convergent event was the Indosinian orogeny, the collision of Indochina and Indonesia with South China, and consolidation of Chinese blocks. The continued northward drift of the Cimmerian continents corresponded with the closing of the Paleotethys and opening of the Neotethys Ocean. Plate tectonic activity around the Triassic-Jurassic boundary caused paleogeographic and paleoclimatic change, which triggered mass extinction. The rifting in the Atlantic during the Early Jurassic was followed by Middle and Late Jurassic spreading. Cretaceous was the time of the farther spreading of Central Atlantic, as well as origin of South Atlantic and Indian oceans. These events were leading to the maximum dispersion of continents during Phanerozoic times.