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