Late Paleozoic Glaciation: Part VI, Asia

Research Article| April 01, 1975 Late Paleozoic Glaciation: Part VI, Asia LAWRENCE A. FRAKES; LAWRENCE A. FRAKES 1Department of Earth Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ELIZABETH M. KEMP; ELIZABETH M. KEMP 2Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar JOHN C. CROWELL JOHN C. CROWELL 3Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information LAWRENCE A. FRAKES 1Department of Earth Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia ELIZABETH M. KEMP 2Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia JOHN C. CROWELL 3Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1975) 86 (4): 454–464. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1975)86<454:LPGPVA>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation LAWRENCE A. FRAKES, ELIZABETH M. KEMP, JOHN C. CROWELL; Late Paleozoic Glaciation: Part VI, Asia. GSA Bulletin 1975;; 86 (4): 454–464. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1975)86<454:LPGPVA>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Occurrences of glacial deposits of late Paleozoic age in the Northern Hemisphere are known only in peninsular India, along the Himalayan trend from the Salt Range in Pakistan to Sikkim and Bhutan, and there are possible deposits rafted by shore ice in Siberia. The relatively thin glacial deposits of Pakistan and India are dated by microfloras and invertebrate faunas as being within the range Stephanian-Sakmarian. Deposition was from sizable although not enormous ice bodies scattered between the south-central peninsula and the shores of the Tethys Sea, somewhere near the present position of the Himalayas. Ice possibly reached the sea in the region of the Salt Range and in the Kumaon Himalayas. Rock paleomagnetism studies indicate that most of India and Pakistan would have been positioned at paleolatitudes between 40° and 50° S.; global temperatures thus probably were lower than at present. The rafted deposits of Siberia probably accumulated in paleolatitudes between about 50° and 60° N., and being Kazanian in age, they postdated most Gondwanaland tillite deposition (Westphalian to Sakmarian) but were approximately contemporaneous with ice-rafted deposits of southeastern Australia. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.