The Cadomian unconformity in the Saxo-Thuringian Zone, Germany: Palaeogeographic affinities of Ediacaran (terminal Neoproterozoic) and Cambrian strata

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 387-403

  Buschmann, B ^a   Elicki, O ^a   Jonas, P ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b BIUG Umwelttechnik und Grundbau GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadomian orogeny; Cambrian; Ediacaran; Neoproterozoic; Palaeogeography; Saxo Thuringian Zone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; AVALONIA; CADOMIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE RAMP; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL ARC; CRATON; EDIACARAN; GONDWANA; GRAYWACKE; MAGMATISM; OOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; UNCONFORMITY;

AFRICA; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SAXONY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THURINGIA; WEST AFRICA;

ARCHAEOCYATHA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33744901144     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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