The Earth Through Time, 10th Edition
by Harold L. Levin
CHAPTER 11—LATE PALEOZOIC EVENTS
Web Links
Climate and Carboniferous
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Carboniferous_climate.html
A good discussion of the Carboniferous, including paleoclimate, Carboniferous
ice ages, paleogeography, and distribution of coal beds.
Late Paleozoic Glaciation
http://faculty.washington.edu/tswanson/302add/Student%20PP/PermoCarboniferous_Glaciation.ppt#271,17,Paleomagnetism
A Powerpoint presentation showing the nature and extent of Late Paleozoic
glaciation on Earth.
Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/permianextinction/
National Geographic article about this extinction event, also known as the “great
dying.”
Permian Reef Complex of West Texas
http://www.eos.ubc.ca/public/resources/slidesets/guad/slidefiles/guadc0.ht
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http://www.eos.ubc.ca/public/resources/slidesets/guad/slidefiles/guadc_ind
ex.html
A slide show about the geology of the the Permian Reef Complex (Delaware
Basin) of West Texas. Click the arrow labeled "Next" to proceed through the
slides. Diagrams, maps and photographs with explanatory text. The second link
is the index to the slides. From the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Geology of Sideling Hill Roadcut, Maryland
http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/sideling.html
Overview of the geology exposed in an interstate roadcut through a huge
syncline in western Maryland. Mississippian clastic sedimentary rocks and coal.
Diagrams explain the depositional history and folding.
Coal Deposits of Late Paleozoic
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/GS361/Fossil%20fuels/Coal.htm
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Review of Paleozoic coal (and coal in general), including how it forms, what it is,
and how we mine and use it.
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