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The Late Eocene Earth—Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts

GSA Special Papers

The Late Eocene Earth—Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts

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Geological Society of America

Volume

452

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE452

Copyright:

© 2009 Geological Society of America

ISBN print:

9780813724522

Publication date:

April 01, 2009

Book Chapter

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)

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Ethan Hyland

Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA, and Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, 62020 Frontale di Apiro, Italy

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Brandon Murphy

Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA

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Phil Varela

Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA, and Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, 62020 Frontale di Apiro, Italy

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Katie Marks

Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA, and Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, 62020 Frontale di Apiro, Italy

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Lauren Colwell

Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA, and Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, 62020 Frontale di Apiro, Italy

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Flavia Tori

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy

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Simonetta Monechi

Simonetta Monechi

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy

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Laura Cleaveland

Laura Cleaveland

Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA

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Henk Brinkhuis

Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestaan 4, 3584 CD, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Caroline A van Mourik

Caroline A van Mourik

Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm 9, Sweden

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Rodolfo Coccioni

Rodolfo Coccioni

Istituto di Geologia e Centro di Geobiologia, Università degli Studi di Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy

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David Bice

Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, and Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, 62020 Frontale di Apiro, Italy

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Alessandro Montanari

Alessandro Montanari

Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, 62020 Frontale di Apiro, Italy

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Doi:

https://doi.org/10.1130/2009.2452(19)

Published:

April 01, 2009

We present the results of integrated biostratigraphic (planktonic foraminifera, calcareous nannofossils, and dinoflagellates), magnetostratigraphic, and cyclostratigraphic analyses of the lower part of Monte Cagnero section (Umbria-Marche Apennines of Italy), a continuous and complete succession of pelagic limestone and marls that provides the means for an accurate and precise astrochronologic calibration of the Eocene-Oligocene transition. This 38.5-m-thick section overlaps the Oligocene section, which, at meter level 188, contains the Rupelian-Chattian boundary corresponding to the O4-O5 planktonic foraminiferal zonal boundary within the upper half of magnetochron C10n. The Eocene-Oligocene boundary at Monte Cagnero, as defined by the last occurrence of hantkeninid planktonic...

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