The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Piacenzian Stage (Middle Pliocene)

Authors :: Davide Castradori
Lucas Joost Lourens
Frits Hilgen
Domenico Rio
Source :: Episodes. 21:88-93
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: International Union of Geological Sciences, 1998.
Abstract: The base of the Piacenzian Stage, representing the Lower Pliocene-Middle Pliocene boundary, has been recently defined and ratified by IUGS. The boundarystratotype is located in the Punta Piccola section (Sicily, Italy).

Subjects :: Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point
Paleontology
Stratotype
Piacenzian
Stage (stratigraphy)
Section (archaeology)
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Chronostratigraphy
Geology

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