Rock layers marking the transition from the Devonian to the Carboniferous geological periods (IMAGE)

University of Liège

Rock layers marking the transition from the Devonian to the Carboniferous geological periods

Caption

On the left in the Martinrive section (HBS: Hangenberg Balck Shale, a sedimentary deposit that recorded strongly dysoxic marine waters), on the right the Chansin section (the arrows indicate the sedimentary strata that recorded the sudden decrease in sea levels at the end of the Devonian).

Credit

Denayer et al., 2020, Palaeodiversity & Palaeoenvironment

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