Editing Carboniferous (section)

=== Laurussia ===
The Laurussian continent was formed by the collision between [[Laurentia]], [[Baltica]] and [[Avalonia]] during the Devonian. At the beginning of the Carboniferous, some models show it at the equator, while others place it further south. In either case, the continent drifted northwards, reaching low latitudes in the northern hemisphere by the end of the Period.<ref name="Torsvik-2017" /><ref name=":3" /> The Central Pangean Mountain drew in moist air from the Paleo-Tethys Ocean resulting in heavy precipitation and a tropical wetland environment. Extensive coal deposits developed within the cyclothem sequences that dominated the Pennsylvanian [[sedimentary basin]]s associated with the growing orogenic belt.<ref name="Stanley-2015" /><ref name="PangaeaB">{{cite journal |last1=Kent |first1=D.V. |last2=Muttoni |first2=G. |date=1 September 2020 |title=Pangea B and the Late Paleozoic Ice Age |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101822030198X |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=553 |page=109753 |bibcode=2020PPP...55309753K |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109753 |s2cid=218953074 |access-date=17 September 2022|hdl=2434/742688 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

Subduction of the [[Panthalassa|Panthalassic]] oceanic plate along its western margin resulted in the [[Antler orogeny]] in the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian. Further north along the margin, [[Oceanic trench|slab roll-back]], beginning in the Early Mississippian, led to the rifting of the [[Yukon–Tanana terrane]] and the opening of the [[Slide Mountain Ocean]]. Along the northern margin of Laurussia, [[orogenic collapse]] of the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian [[Innuitian orogeny]] led to the development of the [[Sverdrup Basin Magmatic Province|Sverdrup Basin]].<ref name="Domeier-2014" />