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

EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTSSILURIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY

Silurian named after Silures, an ancient tribe from Wales named by Roderick Murchison (1830’s)


Laurentia collides with Baltica closing the northen branch of the Iapetus Ocean and forming the "Old Red Sandstone" continent.




North America



Resistant Lockport Dolomite Niagara FallsPart of Tippecanoe Sequence



Michigan Basin


Michigan Basin


Michigan Basin


Michigan Basin

Barrier reefs developedon margins

Patch or pinnacle reefson inside marginof basin

Reservoir rocks for petroleum


Michigan Basin

Depositional environments

Water circulation patterns


Michigan Basin


Michigan Basin


Michigan Basin


Michigan Basin

Depositional environments

Water circulation patterns


Michigan BasinBarred evaporite basin


Michigan Basin

Salt deposits


Michigan Basin

Salt deposits

EARLY PALEOZOIC EVENTSSILURIAN PALEOCLIMATE

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