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Thornton Reef Complex

geological feature, United States

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bioherms of Silurian Period

  • Silurian paleogeography
    In Silurian Period: Reef mounds and coral biostromes

    The Thornton Reef Complex outside Chicago is an example of a well-zoned Wenlock complex more than 1 km (0.6 mile) in diameter. Others are well known from the Silurian of Manitoulin Island (Ontario, Can.), northern Greenland, Shropshire (Eng.), Gotland (Swed.), Estonia, the central and southern Urals…

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