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    Late Paleozoic Era:Environmental and

    Tectonic Events

    Sea Level and Cratonic Sequences

    Mississippian Sedimentation Patterns Mississippian Madison Limestone, MT

    Pennsylvanian Sedimentation Patterns Transgression/Regression Cycles

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    PennsylvanianCyclothem in the

    Central US

    PennsylvanianCyclothem Stratigraphy

    and Sea Level

    Tectonic Events Clustered in Permian AlleghenianOrogeny:The Final

    AppalachianMountain

    Building Event

    Alleghenian Orogeny Ouachita Orogeny

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    PermianBasins

    Delaware Basin

    WesternTectonics:Antler andSonoma

    Orogenies

    Pangaea CausesWarm, Dry

    Climates