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The Permian of Northern Pangea

Volume 1: Paleogeography, Paleoclimates, Stratigraphy

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Peter A. Scholle

    1. Department of Geology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

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  2. Tadeusz M. Peryt

    1. Panstwowy Institute of Geology, Warsaw, Poland

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  3. Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle

    1. Department of Geology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Overviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Pangea and the Paleogeography of the Permian

      • C. R. Scotese, R. P. Langford
      Pages 3-19

    3. The End-Permian Mass Extinction

      • D. H. Erwin
      Pages 20-34

  3. Paleoclimates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. The Climate of Pangaea: A Review of Climate Model Simulations of the Permian

      • E. J. Barron, P. J. Fawcett
      Pages 37-52

    3. Geologic Evidence of Permian Climate

      • J. T. Parrish
      Pages 53-61

    4. The Ending of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age During the Permian Period

      • J. C. Crowell
      Pages 62-74

  4. General Stratigraphic Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. A Numerical Time Scale for the Permian and Triassic Periods: An Integrated Time Analysis

      • M. Menning
      Pages 77-97

    3. Permian Sequence Stratigraphy

      • C. A. Ross, June R. P. Ross
      Pages 98-123

    4. Variation in 87Sr /86Sr of Permian Seawater: An Overview

      • R. E. Denison, R. B. Koepnick
      Pages 124-132

    5. Carbon and Sulfur Isotope Stratigraphy of the Permian and Adjacent Intervals

      • P. A. Scholle
      Pages 133-149

  5. Biostratigraphic Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Permian Sponge Biogeography and Biostratigraphy

      • K. Rigby, B. Senowbari-Daryan
      Pages 153-166

    3. Permian Fusulinaceans

      • C. A. Ross
      Pages 167-185

    4. Permian Conodonts

      • B. R. Wardlaw
      Pages 186-195

    5. Permian Bryozoa

      • J. R. P. Ross
      Pages 196-209

    6. Permian Ammonoids in the Arctic Regions of the World

      • W. W. Nassichuk
      Pages 210-235

    7. Palynology of the Permian of Northern Continents: A Review

      • J. Utting, S. Piasecki
      Pages 236-261
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About this book

The Permian was a remarkable time period. It represents the maximum stage of Pangean continental assembly, includes a major global climatic shift from glacial to nonglacial conditions (icehouse-greenhouse transition), and is ter­ minated by one of the most profound faunal/floral extinction events in the Earth's history. In addition, Permian oceans, although poorly understood, must have had some quite unique characteristics. Permian seas reached the most extreme values of carbon, sulfur, and strontium isotopic ratios ever achieved in Phanerozoic time, and the isotopic ratios of all three elements abruptly returned to more "normal" values at, or very close to, the Permo­ Triassic boundary. Finally, the Permian is marked by an abundance of important sedimentary mineral resources. It has large fossil fuel concentra­ tions (coal, oil, and natural gas), enormous phosphate reserves, and very extensive evaporite deposits, including gypsum, anhydrite, and halite, as well as a variety of potash salts. Study of the Permian has been hampered, however, by a number of factors. These include a scattered geologic literature (presented in a variety of languages), a confusing regional and global stratigraphic framework (based, in part, on inadequate type sections), and largely provincial, often poorly correlatable faunas. All have contributed to the sparsity and inadequacy of overviews of this critical geological interval. The two volumes attempts to bring together some of the widely scattered observations about these fascinating rocks, at least for the northern (pre­ dominantly nonglacial) parts of Pangea.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

    Peter A. Scholle, Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle

  • Panstwowy Institute of Geology, Warsaw, Poland

    Tadeusz M. Peryt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Permian of Northern Pangea

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Paleogeography, Paleoclimates, Stratigraphy

  • Editors: Peter A. Scholle, Tadeusz M. Peryt, Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78593-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78595-5Published: 11 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78593-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology, Sedimentology

  • Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment, Materials & Steel, Oil, Gas & Geosciences

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