The mid-Carboniferous eustatic event

Research Article| March 01, 1986 The mid-Carboniferous eustatic event W. B. Saunders; W. B. Saunders 1Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar W.H.C. Ramsbottom W.H.C. Ramsbottom 2Department of Geology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, England Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information W. B. Saunders 1Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 W.H.C. Ramsbottom 2Department of Geology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, England Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1986) 14 (3): 208–212. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<208:TMEE>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation W. B. Saunders, W.H.C. Ramsbottom; The mid-Carboniferous eustatic event. Geology 1986;; 14 (3): 208–212. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<208:TMEE>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Stratigraphic and paleontologic evidence from mid-Carboniferous (Namurian) basin and shelf successions in widely scattered parts of the world indicates that a major eustatic event occurred about 330 Ma. The event began with a regression that is recorded in most shelf sequences, the regression was followed by a brief transgression about 328 Ma, and the event ended with a transgression that flooded large shelf areas about 325 Ma. The Mississippian-Pennsylvanian unconformity in North America is a well-known product of this event, but equally prominent and contemporaneous unconformity surfaces are also present in Europe, North Africa, and elsewhere. The event is believed to have caused numerous extinctions, and it resulted in marked fluctuations in faunal diversity. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.