Neoproterozoic-Cambrian tectonics, global change and evolution : a focus on south western Gondwana /
Gaucher, Claudio.
IGCP 478 (Project)
International Geoscience Programme.
Symposium on the Vendian-Cambrian of Southwestern Gondwana(2nd :2002 :Montevideo, Uruguay)
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier,
2010.
The book deals with the record of important Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic events in southwestern Gondwana, that heralded the Cambrian explosion and the dawn of modern ecosystems. It contains a detailed account of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian geological record in a poorly-known part of the world, which is at the same time key to understand fundamental processes at the Proterozoic-Cambrian transition. The emphasis is placed on litho-, bio-, chemostratigraphy and magmatism. The palaeoclimatic, tectonic, evolutionary radiation and extinction events and associated mineralizations will be identified and discussed. A synthesis of all data is provided at the end of the book, integrating the data from all cratons and fold belts in southwestern Gondwana. The events will be individualized, their impact discussed and correlations between different successions both within and outside Gondwana proposed.
Outgrowth of a proposal presented at the 2nd Symposium on the Vendian-Cambrian of Southwestern Gondwana, held in Montevideo in 2002, that was approved as International Geoscience Programme 478 project, "Neoproterozoic-early Paleozoic events in southwestern Gondwana." Cf. pref.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-454) and index.
The Neoproterozoic and Cambrian : a time of upheavals, extremes and innovations / Claudio Gaucher ... [et al.] -- The Amazonian palaeocontinent / Carlos J.S. De Alvarenga ... [et al.] -- The São Francisco palaeocontinent / A.N. Sial ... [et al.] -- Extension and general evolution of the Río de la Plata craton / Jorge Bossi and Carlos Cingolani -- Lithostratigraphy / Daniel G. Poiré and Claudio Gaucher -- Biostratigraphy / Claudio Gaucher and Daniel Poiré -- Chemostratigraphy / Claudio Gaucher ... [et al.] -- Palaeoclimatic events / Claudio Gaucher and Daniel Poiré -- Palaeogeography / Claudio Gaucher, Jorge Bossi and Gonzalo Blanco -- Configuration of pan-African orogenic belts in southwestern Africa / Hartwig E. Frimmel -- Continental rifting / Hartwig E. Frimmel and Roy McG. Miller -- Passive continental margin evolution / Roy McG. Miller, Hartwig E. Frimmel and Galen P. Halverson -- Syn- to late-orogenic sedimentary basins of southwestern Africa / Gerard J.B. Germs ... [et al.] -- Orogenic tectono-thermal evolution / Thomas M. Will, Roy McG. Miller and Hartwig E. Frimmel -- Syn- to post-orogenic magmatism / Roy McG. Miller and Hartwig E. Frimmel -- Mineral deposits / Hartwig E. Frimmel and Roy McG. Miller -- Geodynamic synthesis of the Damara orogen sensu lato / Roy McG. Miller, Hartwig E. Frimmel and Thomas M. Will -- The Pampean orogen : Ediacaran-Lower Cambrian evolutionary history of central and northwest region of Argentina / Florencio G. Aceñolaza and Alejandro Toselli -- The Paranapanema lithospheric block : its nature and role in the accretion of Gondwana / Marta S.M. Mantovani and Benjamin B. de Brito Neves -- The evolution and tectonic setting of the Luis Alves microplate of southeastern Brazil : an exotic terrane during the assembly of western Gondwana / Miguel A.S. Basei ... [et al.] -- Tectonic events and palaeogeographic evolution of southwestern Gondwana in the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian / Claudio Gaucher, Hartwig E. Frimmel and Gerard J.B. Germs -- Neoproterozoic acritarch evolution / Claudio Gaucher and Peter Sprechmann -- Skeletonised metazoans and protists / Claudio Gaucher and Gerard J.B. Germs -- Trace fossils and the agronomic revolution at the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian transition in southwest Gondwana / Guillermo F. Aceñolaza, Gerard J.B. Germs and Florencio G. Aceñolaza -- Neoproterozoic-Cambrian biogeochemical evolution / Galen P. Halverson ... [et al.] -- Neoproterozoic to Cambrian palaeoclimatic events in southwestern Gondwana / A.J. Kaufman ... [et al.] -- Neoproterozoic glacial events in Eurasia / Nikolay M. Chumakov.
The book deals with the record of important Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic events in southwestern Gondwana, that heralded the Cambrian explosion and the dawn of modern ecosystems. It contains a detailed account of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian geological record in a poorly-known part of the world, which is at the same time key to understand fundamental processes at the Proterozoic-Cambrian transition. The emphasis is placed on litho-, bio-, chemostratigraphy and magmatism. The palaeoclimatic, tectonic, evolutionary radiation and extinction events and associated mineralizations will be identified and discussed. A synthesis of all data is provided at the end of the book, integrating the data from all cratons and fold belts in southwestern Gondwana. The events will be individualized, their impact discussed and correlations between different successions both within and outside Gondwana proposed.
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