Induan Stage

What happened during this time?

• Recovery period after the Permian extinction, although ecosystems do not recovery until the Olenekian

• During the Induan (and most of the Olenekian), the region was covered by Pleuromeiales stands. 

  • During this period, soil formation was low; total biomass of these lycopsids was not particularly impressive, or the rate of erosion was unusually high. 

  • Few tree-sized species, and the soils would not have been strongly held. 

  • This may well have been a world-wide phenomenon, in view of the global absence of Early Triassic coal deposits.