The current available Shallow Benthic Zones (SBZs) calibration based on larger foraminifera is now being improved for the Paleogene Period. In a recently published study (Rodríguez-Pintó et al. 2013) on the San Pelegrín section in the External Sierras, new magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic information from the Southwestern Pyrenean basin are shown, where the larger thickness of […]
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Chairwoman: Laia Alegret (University of Zaragoza, Spain) laia@unizar.es Secretary: Gabriela de Jesús Arreguín-Rodríguez (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico) arreguing@uabc.edu.mx Former Chairman: Michael A. Kaminski (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia) kaminski@kfupm.edu.sa The scope of the Working group is to contribute to the main objectives of ISPS by studying deep-water benthic […]
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The main goal of the International Geological Field trip in Armenia held between 24 August and 8 September, 2014, was the revision of stratigraphically important larger benthic foraminifera (LBF), planktonic foraminifera (PF) and nannofossil datums in accordance with modern view on their taxonomy and biostratigraphic importance, along with obtaining of new sedimentological and magnitostratigraphic results […]
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 […]