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College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences

Cambrian Globe

View of the globe during the early Cambrian period

During the Cambrian Period, North America lies mostly south of the equator. Utah was completely covered by a shallow warm sea.  The continent was migrating to the north and rotating counterclockwise. The thick sands were piling up along the continental margins.  (Paleo globe by Dr. Ron Blakey)

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