Extensive non-marine depositional setting evidenced by carbonate minerals in the Ediacaran clastic series of the western East European Craton

The Ediacaran sedimentary rocks on the East European Craton (EEC) comprise chiefly siliciclastic deposits of the Volyn and Valdai series that have commonly been regarded as deposits in a shallow epicontinental sea on Baltica. However, an intermittent fresh-water sedimentary setting was also indicated for some part of the paleocontinent. Surprisingly, although Baltica was positioned in low latitudes during the Ediacaran period, no carbonate...