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Génis Unit
The Génis Unit is a Paleozoic metasedimentary succession of the southern Limousin and belongs geologically to the Variscan basement of the French Massif Central. The unit covers the age range Cambrian/ Ordovician till Devonian. Type locality The Génis Unit was named after its type locality, the small town Génis, situated in the northeastern Dordogne. Geographical Occurrence The Génis Unit occurs in an elongated strip at the northeastern edge of the Dordogne department, following a WNW-ESE direction for about 26 kilometres. Its width across strike is not more than 5 kilometres. The unit forms part of the Bas Limousin, a basement plateau that was peneplained during the Paleogene. The plateau's elevation oscillates between 300 and 400 meters. Geologically the unit's northern limit is the South Limousin Fault, a very important ductile, dextral wrench fault separating the Génis Unit from the Thiviers-Payzac Unit to the north. To the south the unit is overlain by lias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. The name ''Paleozoic'' ( ;) was coined by the British geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1838 by combining the Greek words ''palaiós'' (, "old") and ''zōḗ'' (), "life", meaning "ancient life" ). It is the longest of the Phanerozoic eras, lasting from , and is subdivided into six geologic periods (from oldest to youngest): # Cambrian # Ordovician # Silurian # Devonian # Carboniferous # Permian The Paleozoic comes after the Neoproterozoic Era of the Proterozoic Eon and is followed by the Mesozoic Era. The Paleozoic was a time of dramatic geological, climatic, and evolutionary change. The Cambrian witnessed the most rapid and widespread diversification of life in Earth's history, known as the Cambrian explosion, in which most modern phyla first appeared. Arthropods, molluscs, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and synapsids all evolved during the Paleozoic. Life began in the ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
