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The Silurian Period
This chapter describes three Silurian rock units in Egypt: the Um Ras Formation, which is visible on the surface, and the Kohla and Basour...
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Silurian Graptolite Sites in Bulgaria: Geological Settings and Geoconservation Value
Seven exceptional paleontological graptolite sites of Silurian age located in the Srednogorie Zone (the Svoge Unit and the Lyubash-Golo Bardo Unit)...
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Silurian integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas
The Silurian palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau have been studied for more than 100 years. With the launch of the Second...
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Punctate Lingulids (Brachiopods) of the Silurian of the Chernov Ridge, Northeastern European Russia
AbstractRemains of organophosphate brachiopods of the order Lingulida, discovered for the first time in the Silurian sediments in the Timan-North...
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A new alcyonacean octocoral (Anthozoa) from the Late Silurian of Gotland, Sweden
A new species and genus of stem-group ‘soft corals’ (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) is described and illustrated in detail, as well as compared...
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Characterization of Ordovician-Silurian Acritarchs from the Kumaon Tethys Himalaya, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India
Acritarchs, microphytoplankton of algal protists, from the Shiala and Yong Limestone formations of the Gunji village along Kali river (upstream) of...
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Palaeozoic (Silurian–Devonian) cherts from the Balkan Terrane, western Bulgaria: geochemistry, biostratigraphy and depositional settings
Palaeozoic (Silurian and Devonian) bedded cherts from the Balkan Terrane in western Bulgaria occur in three tectonic units: Svoge, Lyubash-Golo...
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Three Generations of Basins of the Early Turkestan Ocean: Ediacaran–Silurian of the South and Middle Tian Shan
Abstract —The results of U–Pb dating of detrital zircon from volcano-terrigenous Ediacaran–Silurian deposits, mainly from grauwacke turbidites, after...
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Microspheres in the Silurian of the Altai Mountains: Morphology, Chemical Composition, Biomineralization, and Genesis
AbstractThe study of Silurian sediments in the central part of the Altai Mountains (Gorny Altai) by limestone dissolution has revealed two groups of...
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Two high Value Geoheritage Sites on Sõrve Peninsula (Saaremaa Island, Estonia): A Window to the Unique Late Silurian Fauna
The Upper Silurian exposures on Saaremaa Island, mostly represented by small coastal cliffs, are the best in Estonia. Among these exposures are two...
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Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment Across the Ordovician–Silurian Transition in the Yangtze Region
Paleogeographical and Paleoenvironmental studies across the Ordovician–Silurian transition in the Yangtze region are based on the GBDB database and...
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Regional and Global Correlation of the Latest Ordovician to Early Silurian Shale Gas-Bearing Strata
Regional correlation of the Wufeng and Lungmachi formations is based on four correlative series across the Yangtze Platform. A global view of the...
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The Silurian of North Galway and South Mayo
Silurian rocks are present in three successor basins that have no spatial and probably no temporal overlap. The southernmost Killary Harbour-Joyce...
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The lower Silurian black Shales from the Ahnet basin (SW Algerian Saharan platform): a comprehensive mineralogical study and paleoenvironmental implications
Shale gas reservoirs witnessed an increasing interest in the last few years, due to their abundant reserves and the increasing of worldwide demand on...
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The Silurian-Devonian boundary in East Yunnan (South China) and the minimum constraint for the lungfish-tetrapod split
The Silurian-Devonian interval is an essential period in Earth history for witnessing the rise of sarcopterygian fishes and terrestrial vascular...
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The identity of the Silurian retiolitine genera Paraplectograptus and Sagenograptoides (Graptoloidea, Retiolitinae)
The genus Paraplectograptus includes a small number of retiolitine species with an identical development of the main thecal and ancora sleeve lists....
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Symbiotic worms in the inner aragonitic layer of Leptodesma (Bivalvia) from the Přídolí (Upper Silurian) of Saaremaa Island, Estonia
Multiple calcareous worm-like boring casts occur on the inner surface of the calcitic external layer of the bivalve Leptodesma sp. from the Kaugatuma...
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The tubarium construction in Holoretiolites, Neogothograptus and related taxa (Graptolithina, Retiolitinae): clues to their astogeny and species identification
The Homerian (Wenlock) to Ludfordian (Ludlow), late Silurian, retiolitine genera Neogothograptus and Holoretiolites and their relatives are revised....
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Other Fuel and Strategic Resources in North Africa: Oil Shale and Rare Earth Elements
Oil shale and rare earth elements (REE) are examples of the strategic resources in North Africa. Oil shale is considered as a major oil and/or...
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Stages of Granitoid Magmatism in the Eastern Part of the Kazakhstan Composite Continent in the Early–Middle Paleozoic
AbstractFor the northeastern part of the Chingiz–Tarbagatai segment of the Boshchekul–Chingiz folded area, U‒Pb age estimates of Middle Paleozoic...
