Low-carbonaceous shales in the Riphean stratotype, plume events, and supercontinent breakup: Analysis of the relationship

Abstract

The relationship of events of igneous plume activity to the periods of low-carbonaceous clay shale deposition has been considered in the Riphean stratotype (western slope of the Southern Urals). The relation between plume events, warm climate periods, and active black shale deposition assumed in the Early Precambrian is poorly defined in the Late Precambrian.