Cambrian climate
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| Cambrian period 542-488 | |||||||||
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| Early Cambrian 542-521 | Middle Cambrian 521-501 | Furongian 501-488 | |||||||
| Series 2 521-510 | Series 3 510-501 | ||||||||
| Fortunian 542-535 | Stage 2 535-521 | Stage 3 521-517 | Stage 4 517-510 | Stage 5 510-506 | Drumian 506-503 | Guzhangian 503-501 | Paibian 501-496 | Stage 9 496-492 | Stage 10 492-488 |
| Cambrian topics: Stratigraphy | Geography | Climate | Life | Important Fossil Sites | References | Links | |||||||||
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The Cambrian climate was generally warm, wet and mild. As there were no continental landmasses located at the poles, ocean currents were able to circulate freely, hence there was no significant ice formation. As a result temperatures worldwide were mild. The Cambrian constituted a benign spell between two great ice ages - the late Proterozoic Snowball Earth and the Late Ordovician Ice Age.
