Magnetostratigraphy and Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary in Italy

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Arias, Claudio, Azzaroli, Augusto, Bigazzi, Giulio, Bonadonna, Francescopaolo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1980
• Subjects: Arctica islandica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(80)90082-4; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589480900824?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589480900824?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400015258

Abstract Analysis of some sedimentary series near Rome and comparison with other series in northern and southern Italy give evidence that Arctica islandica , considered a marker species for the beginning of the Pleistocene, appears during the Réunion paleomagnetic event (about 2 my ago). A period of erosion, called the Aullan erosional phase, is evident in the lower part of the late Villafranchian (= early Pleistocene, Olivola faunal unit).