History of Paleozoic Salt Accumulation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I Distribution and Number of Paleozoic Evaporite Sequences and Basins.
• Cambrian Evaporite Deposits.
• Ordovician Evaporite Deposits.
• Silurian Evaporite Deposits.
• Devonian Evaporite Deposits.
• Carboniferous Evaporite Deposits.
• Permian Evaporite Deposits.
• General Conclusions.
• II Stratigraphic Position of Evaporites and Stages of Evaporite Accumulation.
• Statement of the Problem.
• Stratigraphic Position of Cambrian Evaporites.
• Stratigraphic Position of Ordovician Evaporites.
• Stratigraphic Position of Silurian Evaporites.
• Stratigraphic Position of Devonian Evaporites.
• Stratigraphic Position of Carboniferous Evaporites.
• Stratigraphic Position of Permian Evaporites.
• Stages of Sulfate, Halite, and Potassium Accumulation in the Paleozoic.
• III Areal Extent and Volume of Evaporites. Epochs of Intense Evaporite Accumulation.
• Introductory Remarks.
• Areal Extent and Volume of Halogenic Rocks in Paleozoic Evaporite Basins.
• Areal Extent of Evaporites During Various Periods, Epochs, and Ages of the Paleozoic.
• The Volume of Evaporite Sedimentation in Different Periods, Epochs, and Ages of the Paleozoic.
• IV Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation of Evaporite Sedimentation.
• Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation for Evaporite Sedimentation in the Early Cambrian.
• Reconstruction Without Regard for Continental Drift.
• Reconstruction Which Invokes Continental Drift.
• Conclusions Concerning Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of Evaporite Basins in the Early Cambrian.
• Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation of Evaporite Sedimentation for the Middle and Late Devonian.
• Reconstruction Which Does Not Invoke Continental Drift.
• Conclusions Concerning Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of Evaporite Basins During the Middle and Late Devonian.
• Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation of Evaporite Sedimentation in the Permian.
• Conclusions Concerning Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of Evaporite Basins During the Permian.
• Main Paleogeographic and Paleoclimatic Features of Paleozoic Evaporite Sedimentation.
• EPILOG Evolution of Evaporite Sedimentation in the Paleozoic.
• References.