The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Lutetian Stage at the Gorrondatxe section, Spain

The GSSP for the base of the Lutetian Stage (early/middle Eocene boundary) is defined at 167.85 metres in the Gorrondatxe sea-cliff section (NW of Bilbao city, Basque Country, northern Spain; 43°22′46.47″ N, 3° 00′51.61″ W). This dark marly level coincides with the lowest occurrence of the calcareou...

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Autores: Molina, Eustoquio, Alegret, Laia, Apellaniz, Estibaliz, Bernaola, Gilen, Caballero, Fernando, Dinarès-Turell, Jaume, Hardenbol, Jan, Heilmann-Clausen, Claus, Larrasoaña, J.C., Luterbacher, H., Monechi, S., Ortiz, S., Orue-Etxebarria, X., Payros, A., Pujalte, V., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J., Tori, F., Tosquella Angrill, Josep, Uchman, A.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/27663
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27663
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:2416 Paleontología
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Resumo:The GSSP for the base of the Lutetian Stage (early/middle Eocene boundary) is defined at 167.85 metres in the Gorrondatxe sea-cliff section (NW of Bilbao city, Basque Country, northern Spain; 43°22′46.47″ N, 3° 00′51.61″ W). This dark marly level coincides with the lowest occurrence of the calcareous nannofossil Blackites inflatus (CP12a/b boundary), is in the middle of polarity Chron C21r, and has been interpreted as the maximum-flooding surface of a depositional sequence that may be global in extent. The GSSP age is approximately 800 kyr (39 precession cycles) younger than the beginning of polarity Chron C21r, or ~47.8 Ma in the GTS04 time scale. The proposal was approved by the International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy in February 2010, approved by the International Commission of Stratigraphy in January 2011, and ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in April 2011.