THE TRIASSIC PERIOD 



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LEGEND 

 OCEANIC BASINS 

 MARINE WATERS (EPICONTINENTAL) 

 SEA OR LAND. MORE LIKELY SEA 

 LAND OR SEA. MORE LIKELY LAND 

 LANDS 

 ^DETERMINATE AREAS 



POLAR _ 



MARINE CURRENTS 



EQUATORIAL 



_»^ I CONTINENTAL DEPOSITS, SOMETIMES 

 _» I INCLUDING. MARINE SEDIMENTS 



Fig. 123 



Paleogeographic map of North America during Triassic time. Note the 

 extensive areas of continental deposition. (Slightly modified after Bailey 

 Willis, courtesy of The Journal of Geology.) 



