Formal ratification of the GSSP for the base of the Calabrian Stage (second stage of the Pleistocene Series, Quaternary System)

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dc.contributor.authorCita, Maria Bianca
dc.contributor.authorGibbard, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorHead, Martin J.
dc.contributor.authorAlloway, B.
dc.contributor.authorBeu, A.
dc.contributor.authorColtorti, M.
dc.contributor.authorHall, V.M.
dc.contributor.authorJiaqi, Liu
dc.contributor.authorKnudsen , K.L.
dc.contributor.authorvan Kolfschoten, T.
dc.contributor.authorPillans, Bradley
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:23:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:32:30Z
dc.description.abstractThe Calabrian Stage is now formally defined by the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) at Vrica, Calabria, Italy. This GSSP had previously defined the base of the Pleistocene Series. The Calabrian becomes the second stage of the Pleistocene Series and Quaternary System, following the Gelasian. The GSSP occurs at the base of the marine clay stone conformably overlying sapropelic bed 'e' within Segment B in the Vrica section. This lithological level represents the primary marker for the recognition of the boundary, and is assigned an astronomical age of 1.80 Ma on the basis of sapropel calibration. It coincides with the transition from Marine Isotope Stage 65 to 64, and the underlying sapropel bed 'e' is assigned to the Mediterranean Precession-Related Sapropel layer 176. Secondary markers include calcareous plankton bioevents of widely distributed taxa. The boundary falls between the highest occurrence o/Discoaster brouweri (below) and the lowest common occurrence of left-coiling Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (above), and below the lowest occurrences of medium-sized Gephyrocapsa (including G oceanica) and Globigerinoides tenellus. The top of the Olduvai Subchron is identified c.8m above the GSSP. Ratification of the Calabrian Stage effectively completes the Lower Pleistocene Subseries.
dc.identifier.issn0705-3797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/52994
dc.publisherInternational Union of Geological Sciences
dc.sourceEpisodes
dc.subjectKeywords: biomarker; Calabrian; claystone; lithology; marine isotope stage; planktonic foraminifera; species occurrence; stratigraphy; Calabria; Italy; Gephyrocapsa; Globigerinoides tennellus; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
dc.titleFormal ratification of the GSSP for the base of the Calabrian Stage (second stage of the Pleistocene Series, Quaternary System)
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage397
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage388
local.contributor.affiliationCita, Maria Bianca, Universita degli Studi di Milano
local.contributor.affiliationGibbard, Phillip, University of Cambridge
local.contributor.affiliationHead, Martin J., Brock University
local.contributor.affiliationAlloway, B., Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy / Victoria University of Wellington
local.contributor.affiliationBeu, A., Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy / Victoria University of Wellington
local.contributor.affiliationColtorti, M., Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy / University of Siena
local.contributor.affiliationHall, V.M., Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy / University of Cambridge
local.contributor.affiliationJiaqi, Liu, Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy / Chinese Academy of Sciences
local.contributor.affiliationKnudsen , K.L., University of Aarhus
local.contributor.affiliationvan Kolfschoten, T., Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy
local.contributor.affiliationPillans, Bradley, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu9400437@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidPillans, Bradley, u9400437
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor040311 - Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)
local.identifier.absseo970104 - Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4047674xPUB261
local.identifier.citationvolume35
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84873722813
local.identifier.thomsonID000315559400001
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