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The Carboniferous in Vermont, US

Carboniferous in Vermont map

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Carboniferous Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

During the Carboniferous, erosion continued to remove sediment from the mountains that were uplifted during the Devonian. Any record of sediments deposited in non-marine environments (lakes, rivers) that might have existed at this time, are not preserved in Vermont.


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