Integrated stratigraphic and astrochronologic calibration of the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the Monte Cagnero section (northeastern Apennines, Italy): A potential parastratotype for the Massignano global stratotype section and point (GSSP)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 452, Issue , 2009, Pages 303-322

  Hyland, Ethan ^a,b   Murphy, Brandon ^c   Varela, Phil ^a,b   Marks, Katie ^a,b   Colwell, Lauren ^a,b   Tori, Flavia ^d   Monechi, Simonetta ^d   Cleaveland, Laura ^e   Brinkhuis, Henk ^f   Van Mourik, Caroline A ^g   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^h   Bice, David ^b,i   Montanari, Alessandro ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Eocene Oligocene boundary; Integrated stratigraphy; Massignano GSSP; Umbria Marche apennines

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALIBRATION; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSES; ISOTOPES; LIME; LIMESTONE; ORBITS; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; WAREHOUSES;

APENNINES; CENTRAL ITALY; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; INTEGRATED STRATIGRAPHY; MASSIGNANO GSSP;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; HANTKENINIDAE;

EID: 74949107103     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2452(19)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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