Cambrian Era Research Paper

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The Cambrian Period was an era filled with a massive explosion of a variety of animals and ecosystems. It was a time where super continent Pannotia no longer existed. During this time period, North America remained above water and was eroded by running water. North American was also on the equator which meant warm climate. The continents were oriented very differently, the east coast of North America faced the south. Activities such as transgression of the sea, and carbonate deposition went on during this time. Eroded sediments were carried off by rivers into the ocean. Sand and was deposited near shore, mud was deposited off shore, and carbonates were deposited far off shore in areas that received little or no clastic sediments. Not only

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