RT Journal Article
T1 The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Lutetian Stage at the Gorrondatxe section, Spain
A1 Molina, Eustoquio
A1 Alegret, Laia
A1 Apellaniz, Estibaliz
A1 Bernaola, Gilen
A1 Caballero, Fernando
A1 Dinarès-Turell, Jaume
A1 Hardenbol, Jan
A1 Heilmann-Clausen, Claus
A1 Larrasoaña, J.C.
A1 Luterbacher, H.
A1 Monechi, S.
A1 Ortiz, S.
A1 Orue-Etxebarria, X.
A1 Payros, A.
A1 Pujalte, V.
A1 Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J.
A1 Tori, F.
A1 Tosquella Angrill, Josep
A1 Uchman, A.
AB The GSSP for the base of the Lutetian Stage (early/middle Eocene boundary) is defined at 167.85 metres in the Gorrondatxe sea-cliff section (NW of Bilbao city, Basque Country, northern Spain; 43°22′46.47″ N, 3° 00′51.61″ W). This dark marly level coincides with the lowest occurrence of the calcareous nannofossil Blackites inflatus (CP12a/b boundary), is in the middle of polarity Chron C21r, and has been interpreted as the maximum-flooding surface of a depositional sequence that may be global in extent. The GSSP age is approximately 800 kyr (39 precession cycles) younger than the beginning of polarity Chron C21r, or ~47.8 Ma in the GTS04 time scale. The proposal was approved by the International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy in February 2010, approved by the International Commission of Stratigraphy in January 2011, and ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in April 2011.
PB International Union of Geological Sciences
SN ISSN 0705-3797
SN ISSN 2586-1298 (electrónico)
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27663
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27663
LA eng
NO Molina E, Alegret L, Apellaniz E, Bernaola G, Caballero F, Turell JD, Hardenbol J, Clausen CH, Larrasoaña JC, Luterbacher H, Monechi S, Ortiz S, Etxebarria XO, Payros A, Pujalte V, Tovar FJR, Tori F, Tosquella J, Uchman A.  The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Lutetian Stage at the Gorrondatxe section, Spain.  Episodes 2011;34:86-108.  https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2011/v34i2/006
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026