History of Paleozoic Salt Accumulation [Paperback]

I Distribution and Number of Paleozoic Evaporite Sequences and Basins.- Cambrian Evaporite Deposits.- Ordovician Evaporite Deposits.- Silurian Evaporite Deposits.- Devonian Evaporite Deposits.- Carboniferous Evaporite Deposits.- Permian Evaporite Deposits.- General Conclusions.- II Stratigraphic Position of Evaporites and Stages of Evaporite Accumulation.- Statement of the Problem.- Stratigraphic Position of Cambrian Evaporites.- Stratigraphic Position of Ordovician Evaporites.- Stratigraphic Position of Silurian Evaporites.- Stratigraphic Position of Devonian Evaporites.- Stratigraphic Position of Carboniferous Evaporites.- Stratigraphic Position of Permian Evaporites.- Stages of Sulfate, Halite, and Potassium Accumulation in the Paleozoic.- III Areal Extent and Volume of Evaporites. Epochs of Intense Evaporite Accumulation.- Introductory Remarks.- Areal Extent and Volume of Halogenic Rocks in Paleozoic Evaporite Basins.- Areal Extent of Evaporites During Various Periods, Epochs, and Ages of the Paleozoic.- The Volume of Evaporite Sedimentation in Different Periods, Epochs, and Ages of the Paleozoic.- General Conclusions.- IV Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation of Evaporite Sedimentation.- Introductory Remarks.- Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation for Evaporite Sedimentation in the Early Cambrian.- Reconstruction Without Regard for Continental Drift.- Reconstruction Which Invokes Continental Drift.- Conclusions Concerning Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of Evaporite Basins in the Early Cambrian.- Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation of Evaporite Sedimentation for the Middle and Late Devonian.- Reconstruction Which Does Not Invoke Continental Drift.- Reconstruction Which Invokes Continental Drift.- Conclusions Concerning Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of Evaporite Basins During the Middle and Late Devonian.- Paleogeography of Continents and Paleoclimatic Zonation of Evaporite Sedimentation in the Permian.- lÃ?