Per Ahlberg
Professor emeritus
The Cambrian Period
Författare
Redaktör
- Felix M. Gradstein
- James G. Ogg
- Mark D. Schmitz
- Gabi M. Ogg
Summary, in English
Appearance of metazoans with mineralized skeletons, “explosion” in biotic diversity and disparity, infaunalization of the substrate, occurrence of metazoan Konservat Fossil-lagerstätten, establishment of most invertebrate phyla, strong faunal provincialism, dominance of trilobites, generally warm climate but with possible
glacial-interglacial cycles in the later part, opening of the Iapetus Ocean, progressive equatorial drift and separation of Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia, and Avalonia from Gondwana characterize the Cambrian Period.
glacial-interglacial cycles in the later part, opening of the Iapetus Ocean, progressive equatorial drift and separation of Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia, and Avalonia from Gondwana characterize the Cambrian Period.
Avdelning/ar
- Berggrundsgeologi
Publiceringsår
2020-10-25
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
565-565
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Geologic Time Scale
Volym
2
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Geology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-0-12-824363-3
- ISBN: 9780128243619