The stratigraphic significance of the Solenoid Complex in the Permian of Gondwana

Authors

  • Margot Guerra-Sommer Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Geociências; Programa de Pós-graduação em Geociências
  • Isabela Degani-Schmidt Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Geociências; Programa de Pós-graduação em Geociências
  • Diana Mussa Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Museu Nacional
  • Pauline Sabina Kavali Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
  • Mahesh Shivanna Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1519-874X201400020008

Abstract

The Solenoid Complex comprises a fossil wood assemblage with stratigraphic distribution restricted to the middle-late Kungurian, present in Western (Irati Formation, Paraná Basin, Brazil) and Eastern (Upper Barakar Interval of the Indian basins) Gondwana. Its occurrence seems to be related to the adaptation of certain plant groups to paleoenvironmental stress in lowland niches of coastal areas subject to salinity variation. The disappearance of these forms in the latest Kungurian is probably linked to the cessation of these conditions, which is confirmed by the sedimentary record. The here designated "Solenoid Complex Zone" correlates with the acme in diversification of striate and taeniate patterns especially in bisacatte pollen grains, but also in monosacatte ones, reflecting important tectonically and climatically driven changes in the vegetational pattern. The waning icehouse stage during the Permian was an important factor to the development of similar vegetation patterns in Western and Eastern Gondwana in the latitudinal belt of 40° - 55°.

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2014-06-01

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014)

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Guerra-Sommer, M., Degani-Schmidt, I., Mussa, D., Kavali, P. S., & Shivanna, M. (2014). The stratigraphic significance of the Solenoid Complex in the Permian of Gondwana . Geologia USP. Série Científica, 14(2), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1519-874X201400020008