Focus on the Paleogene with the third issue of the year of Newsletter in Stratigraphy, published on May 1st. The host editors Simonetta Monechi, Noël Vanderberghe and Laia Alegret introduce the volume with an editorial on “Advances in Paleogene research”, followed by six original papers on several topics of interest for the stratigraphy of this […]
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The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Selandian Stage is defined in the Zumaia section (Spain) at an abrupt change in lithology (base of Itzurun Formation), which coincides with the onset of a negative carbonate carbon isotope shift. However, this lithological change is not always very well expressed in other […]
Reasons for a name Born in 1811 (of Swiss origin) near Frankfurt, in Germany, Édouard Desor fled to Paris around 1832 and there started a geological career, coming under the influence of Élie del Beaumont. With Lous Agassiz, Desor had a key role in the study of glacial phenomena, but is also remembered for his stratigraphic […]