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Introduction to thematic set of papers on the Ediacaran–Cambrian palaeoecology, sedimentology and stratigraphy of Namibia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2005

S. JENSEN  and
G. E. BUDD
S. JENSEN
Affiliation:
Area de Paleontologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain
G. E. BUDD
Affiliation:
Palaeobiology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Uppsala, Norbyvägen 22, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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The Neoproterozoic was a time of profound biological and geological change. After a long time of verymodest changes in the flora and fauna, the Ediacaran period finally brought forward the first diverse microflora, the first diverse macrophytes, as well as the first diverse macroscopic organisms, some of which likely are animals. There were significant palaeogeographic changes, at least two, or probably three, pronounced levels of widely recorded glaciations, and extensive fluctuations in δ13 C. Much thought has recently been directed at understanding if, and how, several, or most, of these events are related.

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Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 142 , Issue 5 , September 2005 , pp. 463 - 464
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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