PHANEROZOIC PALEOENVIRONMENT AND PALEOLITHOFACIES MAPS. LATE PALEOZOIC

摘要

The paper presents the detailed plate tectonic, paleogeographic, paleoenvironmcnt 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, lithofacics, 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 arc related to the back--arc basins. The biological extinction events were perhaps related to the plate reorganization and mantle plume activity.