Lower Carboniferous in Europe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lower_Carboniferous_in_Europe
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Mississippian
gptkbp:characterizedBy coal measures
marine limestones
gptkbp:climate warm and humid
gptkbp:contains Tournaisian stage
Serpukhovian stage
Visean stage
gptkbp:economicImportance coal deposits
limestone resources
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Devonian_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lower Carboniferous in Europe
gptkbp:importantLocations gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:importantRockFormations Carboniferous Limestone (UK)
Dinantian (Belgium)
Kulm facies (Germany)
gptkbp:marineTransgressions widespread
gptkbp:notableSite corals
brachiopods
crinoids
ammonoids
early amphibians
primitive plants
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Carboniferous_period
gptkbp:period approximately 359 to 323 million years ago
gptkbp:precededBy Upper Carboniferous
gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel high
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lower_Carboniferous_(Mississippian)
gptkb:Mississippian_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7