Formation of the ‘Great Unconformity’ as a trigger for the Cambrian explosion

Shanan E. Peters () and Robert R. Gaines
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Shanan E. Peters: University of Wisconsin
Robert R. Gaines: Pomona College

Nature, 2012, vol. 484, issue 7394, 363-366

Abstract: Changes in ocean chemistry promoted during the formation of the Great Unconformity, a stratigraphic surface that separates continental basement rock from younger marine sedimentary deposits, are proposed as the cause of the Cambrian explosion of marine animals.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/nature10969

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