Following the Cambrian Explosion and the appearance in the fossil record of most animal
phyla associated with a range of new body plans, the Ordovician and Silurian periods …

Lowermost Silurian organic-rich (hot') shales are the origin of 80–90% of Palaeozoic
sourced hydrocarbons in North Africa and also played a major role in petroleum generation …

Carbonate rocks of the Rhenohercynian and Saxothuringian zones of the Variscan
Mountains, Prague Syncline, Carnic Alps, Montagne Noire, Pyrenees, and Cantabrian …

Global sea-level fluctuated markedly during the early Silurian, probably as a result of the
waxing and waning of ice-sheets in the South American portion of Gondwana. The highest …

Abstract The Appalachian Basin is a composite, retroarc foreland basin that in many ways is
the “type” foreland basin and the “type area” for the Wilson cycle. Our understanding of the …

Temporal patterns of origination and extinction are essential components of many
paleontological studies, but it has been difficult to obtain accurate rate estimates because …

Abstract The Early Palaeozoic Icehouse (Late Ordovician–Early Silurian, c. 455–425 Ma)
was a remarkable event in the Earth's climatic history, marked by extensive glaciations …

Marine carbonates from three biostratigraphically well-dated Silurian sections from the mid-
continent of North America were analyzed for carbon isotopic (δ13Ccarb) study. The early …

Palaeoclimate interpretations based on geological proxies of climate are fundamental to our
understanding of climate change in the geological record. Most proxy definitions depend …

This paper discusses the paleogeography and plate tectonics of the Silurian using five
global and twelve regional scale maps. These maps illustrate the distribution of major …