The base of the Zanclean Stage and of the Pliocene Series

2000/09/01 by John A. Van Couvering, Davide Castradori, Maria Bianca Cita +2 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

paper · pdf · doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2000/v23i3/005

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Abstract

The ratification by IUGS of the recently defined base of the Zanclean Stage and of the Pliocene Series brings years of controversy to an end. The boundary-stratotype of the stage is located in the Eraclea Minoa section on the southern coast of Sicily (Italy), at the base of the Trubi Formation. The age of the Zanclean and Pliocene GSSP at the base of the stage is 5.33 Ma in the orbitally calibrated time scale, and lies within the lowermost reversed episode of the Gilbert Chron (C3n.4r), below the Thvera normal subchron.

Citations

• Magnetostratigraphic, biostratigraphic, and stable isotope stratigraphy of an Upper Miocene drill core from the Salé Briqueterie (northwestern Morocco): A high‐resolution chronology for the Messinian stage
• Revised guidelines for the establishment of global chronostratigraphic standards by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)

Cited by

• Miocene [wikipedia]
• Pliocene [wikipedia]