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The Devonian Stratigraphic Succession and Evolution of the Baltic Sedimentary Basin

ĢIrts StinkulisTomas SaksErvīns LukševičsKonrāds PopovsJānis Jātnieks

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geographyPaleontologygeography.geographical_feature_categoryStage (stratigraphy)Basin modellingFaciesLithostratigraphySiliciclasticSedimentary basinStructural basinDevonianGeology

description

Facies analysis, biostratigraphic and taphonomic studies, a re-evaluation of signatures of worldwide events, and a new mathematical model of the Baltic sedimentary basin (BSB) have together enabled a better understanding to be gained of the development of the Devonian basins in the Baltic area. We have established four stages of basin evolution: (a) remnant basin stage (Lochkovian); (b) shallow epeiric basin stage, with mainly siliciclastic sedimentation (Pragian–early Frasnian); (c) shallow epeiric basin stage, with mainly carbonate sedimentation (Frasnian); and (d) infilling stage of the progressively narrowing shallow epeiric basin, with mixed sedimentation (Famennian).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_103