A proposal for the definition of the GSSP for the base of the Chattian was submitted, and voted and accepted by 95% of the voting members. The proposal, after correction of a few remarks made by the voting members has been submitted to ICS, for approval during the next IGC 2016.
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Upcoming paper in Newsletter on Stratigraphy: Integrated stratigraphy of the Priabonian (upper Eocene) Urtsadzor section, by Laura J. Cotton, Elena Y. Zakrevskaya, Annique van der Boon, Gayane Asatryan, Flora Hayrapetyan, Arsen Israyelyan, Wout Krijgsman, György Less, Simonetta Monechi, Cesare A. Papazzoni, Paul N. Pearson, Anatoly Razumovskiy, Willem Renema, Ekaterina Shcherbinina and Bridget S. Wade, presented […]
Although sub-series/sub-epochs are not recognized as formal units by the ICS, they are tolerated in recognition of their widespread use. For completeness of information it is useful to clarify how they map on to the formal Stages/Ages. In setting this out it is important to be clear that no attempt is being made here to […]
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The 12th International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP12) is coming to Utrecht, the beating heart of the Netherlands, from August 29th to September 2nd, 2016. The conference will take place in the Beatrix Theater of the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, which is within walking distance of the medieval city center of Utrecht, next to Utrecht Central Train Station (Utrecht CS), […]
The Paleogene section of the Il’pinskii Peninsula in northeastern Kamchatka is a reference section for the North Pacific rim. The marine sedimentary succession, 2500m-thick and ranging from the Paleocene to Oligocene, forms one of the northernmost Paleogene sections in the Pacific to yield Paleogene calcareous plankton. Several studies have been dedicated to the study of […]
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We remind our special meetings during Strati 2015, in Graz: Wednesday, 22 July 2015, from 17.00 to 17.45, in Aula: Meeting of the Working Group on the Bartonian GSSP. Wednesday, 22 July 2015, at 17.45 in Aula: Meeting of the ISPS subcommission. Thursday, 23 July 2015, from 8.45 to 15.45 in Aula: Session “Major events […]
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At the forthcoming Strati 2015 meeting in July, ICS will award two prizes, the Digby McLaren Medal and the ICS Medal, awarded to outstanding geoscientists every four years. The first awards were made at the 32nd IGC in Florence, 2004; the second and third at the 33rd and 34th IGC in Oslo, 2008 and in Brisbane, […]
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2nd International Congress on Stratigraphy 19 – 23 July 2015 Graz, Austria The congress follows the invitation by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) to be held in Graz (Austria), July 19-23, 2015. The congress will be open to all topics in stratigraphy. The technical program will […]
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Bartonian Working Group Field Meeting There is a field trip scheduled to visit the sea-cliffs of Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to study the Bartonian strata at Barton (unit stratotype), Alum Bay (parastratotype) and Hengistbury Head in October 2015. Eexact dates will be communicated after we complete risk assessments because of requirements of […]
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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 […]