674 INDEX Gondwana (continued] Santos basin 1:321 f, l:322f Sergipe-Alagoas basin l:322f Solimoes basin l:316f, l:317f, l:318f stratigraphy 1:317f tectonic processes 1:306, l:306f, 1:307f, l:308f thermotectonic events 1:308t topography 1:309, 1:309 f breakup events 1:245, 1:249f Caledonian Orogeny 2:56-63 Cambrian general discussion 3:128, 4:164 geological evolution 1:178, 1:18It palaeogeographic reconstruction 3:133f,4:170f tectonic processes 3:132f terranes 1:171, l:173f, 3:130f Carboniferous continent formation 4:204 general discussion 3:139 geological evolution 1:178, 1:18It glaciation 4:208f Namurian stage 3:139, 3:141f palaeogeographic reconstruction l:182f, l:184f, 3:140f, 3:141f Parana basin 1:319f, l:320f Permo-Carboniferous basin formation 2:101f terranes 3:130f Cenozoic geological evolution 1:187 palaeogeographic reconstruction 3:154 terranes l:172f, 3:131f chitinozoans (Chitinozoa) 3:436, 3:437f, 3:439 climatic effects 3:142, 3:143f continental stability 1:135 cratons 1:238f, l:306f Cretaceous background information 3:360 geological evolution 1:18It,,,1:187 mid-Cretaceous 3:147 palaeogeographic reconstruction l:188f,3:153f,3:362f tectonic processes 3:362 terranes I:170f9 l:172f, 1:175f definition 4:225 Devonian black shales 3:129 Devonian, early 3:129 Devonian, late 3:129 geological evolution 1:178, l:181t palaeogeographic reconstruction l:182f, 2:78, 2:79, 3:137f9 3:138f Parana basin 1:319f, l:320f sharks 2:463-465 terranes I:170f9 1:171, I:172f9asdfl:175f, 3:130f DuToit, Alexander 2:190 environmental conditions 4:165 Eocene geological evolution l:181t marine environments 5:468 palaeogeographic reconstruction I:188f9l:190f terranes 3:13 If fades 3:128, 3.-133/; 3:139 geological map l:238f Gondwana breakup event 1:138, 1:1 38f, 3:292 Gondwana-Cathaysia Divide 1:169, l:170f Gondwana-Laurentia collision 4:79, 4:80f Hercynian Orogeny 1:14, l:16f, 2:102, 4:225 Ho\ocene3:131f Indian Sub-Continent classification 3:289, 3:292? definition 3:289 Gondwana breakup event 3:292 sedimentary basins 3:290 Jurassic geological evolution 1:18It, 1:186 Indian Sub-Continent 3:292? Jurassic, early 3:147 Jurassic, end 3:147 palaeogeographic reconstruction I:188f,3:151f93:152f terranes I:170f9aal:172f, l:175f, 3:131f Laurussia Hercynian Orogeny 2:102 Mesozoic 3:129-139 Permian 3:139, 3:142 Saar-Nahe Basin 2:97 Tibetan Plateau 5:420 Variscides Orogeny 2:100 mafic sills 1:136f mammalian diversification 2:532 mantle convection 3:142, 3:143f Mesozoic 3:13If Miocene geological evolution 1:18It palaeogeographic reconstruction l:192f, 1:193 f terranes 3:13If Neoproterozoic 1:1, l:2f, 3:130f, 4:352-354, 4:353^ New Zealand 4:1-7 Northern Appalachians 4:81, 4:89 Oligocene geological evolution 1:18It palaeogeographic reconstruction 1:191 f, 1:193 f Ordovician geological evolution 1:178 glacial/interglacial periods 3:129 glaciation 4:180 Ordovician, early 2:78, 3:128 Ordovician, late 2:78, 3:129 palaeogeographic reconstruction 3:134f,3:135f,4:WL Parana basin l:319f, l:320f terranes 1:171, l:173f, 3:130f palaeobiogeography 4:205 palaeoclimate 4:136 palaeogeographic reconstruction Cambrian 4:83f Carboniferous l:184f Devonian 1:182f Ordovician 4:155f9 4:155-156 Tasman Orogenic Belt l:248f, 1:249 f Variscides Orogeny 2:77f Palaeo-Pacific margin 1:135 Pan-African orogeny Arabian-Nubian Shield 1:2, I:2f9asdl:3f, I:4f9 1:5 f background information 1:1 belt distribution 1:2f central Africa 1:10, l:llf DamaraBelt I:2f9 1:7 Gariep Belt I:2f9 1:8 Gondwana correlations 1:11 Kaoko Belt I:2f9 1:9 LufilianArcl:2/;i:7, 1:S/" Madagascar 1:6, I:6f9 1:7f Mozambique Belt l:2f, 1:3f, 1:4, 1:5f, l:7f north-eastern Africa 1:10 pre-Jurassic configuration 1:3f Rokelide Belt I:2f9 1:10 Saldania Belt I:2f9 1:8 Trans-Saharan Belt I:2f9 1:9,asl:10f West Congo Belt I:2f9 1:9 Zambezi Belt 1:2/; 1:7, l:8f Parana basin I:319f9 l:320f Permian coal 3:142, 3:145f early Permian 1:182, l:184f geological evolution I:181t9 1:182 Indian Sub-Continent 3:292? late Permian 1:182, 1:184f palaeogeographic reconstruction I:184f93:144f93:146f Parana basin 1:319f, 1:320f Permian, early 3:142 Permian, late 3:142 Permo-Carboniferous basin formation 2:101f terranes 1.-J70/; 1:2 72/j 1:175 f93:130f Permo-Carboniferous basin formation 2:96-97 Phanerozoic 1:1, 1:222, 1:306, l:308f Pliocene 1:193 f Rodimal:174f sharks 2:463-465 Silurian early Silurian 3:129 geological evolution 1:178 palaeogeographic reconstruction 2:78, 3:129, 4:191f9 4:192, 4:192f Parana basin 1:319f, l:320f tectonic processes 4:191 terranes I:173f93:130f Suess, Eduard 2:238, 2:240f supercontinents 4:14/, 5:177-178 Tasman Orogenic Belt 1:237-251 background information 1:237 cross-sections l:224f deformation processes 1:242, 1:245f