Late Paleozoic Glacial Events and Postglacial Transgressions in Gondwana (GSA Special Paper 468)

Late Paleozoic Glacial Events and Postglacial Transgressions in Gondwana......Page 1
Special Paper 468......Page 2
ISBN 978-0-8137-2468-3......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Introduction: Late Paleozoic glacial events and\rpostglacial transgressions in Gondwana......Page 6
1. Transgressions related to the demise of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: Their sequence stratigraphic context......Page 10
2. From bergs to ergs: The late Paleozoic Gondwanan glaciation and its aftermath in Saudi Arabia......Page 46
3. Environmental and paleogeographic implications of glaciotectonic deformation of glaciomarine deposits within Permian strata of the Metschel Tillite, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica......Page 90
4. Formation of euxinic lakes during the deglaciation phase in the Early Permian of East Africa......Page 110
5. Stratigraphic and paleofloristic record of the Lower Permian postglacial succession in the southern Brazilian Paraná Basin......Page 122
6. “Levipustula Fauna” in central-western Argentina and its relationships with the Carboniferous glacial event in the southwestern Gondwanan margin......Page 142
7. Ichnology of late Paleozoic postglacial transgressive deposits in Gondwana: Reconstructing salinity conditions in coastal ecosystems affected by strong meltwater discharge......Page 158
8. Ichnology of the latest Carboniferous–earliest Permian transgression in the Paganzo Basin of western Argentina: The interplay of ecology, sea-level rise, and paleogeography during postglacial times in Gondwana......Page 184
9. Reconstruction of a high-latitude, postglacial lake: Mackellar Formation (Permian), Transantarctic Mountains......Page 202
Backcover......Page 218