The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt)
The GSSP for the base of the Eocene Series is located at 1.58 m above the base of Section DBH in the Dababiya Quarry, on the east bank of the Nile River, about 35 km south of Luxor, Egypt. It is the base of Bed 1 of the Dababyia Quarry Beds of the El Mahmiya Member of the Esna Formation, interpreted...
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ftdatacite:10.7916/d8bp0c85 2023-05-15T18:00:55+02:00 The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt) Aubry, Marie-Pierre Ouda, Khaled Dupuis, Christian Berggren, William A. Van Couvering, John A. Ali, Jason Brinkhuis, Henk Gingerich, Philip. R. Heilmann-Clausen, Claus Hooker, Jeremy Kent, Dennis V. King, Chris Knox, Robert W. O.'B. Laga, Peter Molina, Eustoquio Schmitz, Birger Steurbaut, Etienne Ward, David R. 2007 https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8bp0c85 https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8BP0C85 unknown Columbia University Physical geography Text Articles article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2007 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7916/d8bp0c85 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The GSSP for the base of the Eocene Series is located at 1.58 m above the base of Section DBH in the Dababiya Quarry, on the east bank of the Nile River, about 35 km south of Luxor, Egypt. It is the base of Bed 1 of the Dababyia Quarry Beds of the El Mahmiya Member of the Esna Formation, interpreted as having recorded the basal inflection of the carbon isotope excursion (CIE), a prominent (3 to 5%) geochemical signature which is recorded in marine (deep and shallow) and terrestrial settings around the world. The Paleocene/Eocene boundary is thus truly a globally correlatable chronostratigraphic level. It may be correlated also on the basis of 1) the mass extinction of abyssal and bathyal benthic foraminifera (Stensioina beccariiformis microfauna), and reflected at shallower depths by a minor event; 2) the transient occurrence of the excursion taxa among the planktonic foraminifera (Acarinina africana, A. sibaiyaensis, Morozovella allisonensis); 3) the transient occurrence of the Rhomboaster spp. - Discoaster araneus (RD) assemblage; 4) an acme of the dinoflagellate Apectodinium complex. The GSSP-defined Paleocene/Eocene boundary is approximately 0.8 my older than the base of the standard Eocene Series as defined by the Ypresian Stage in epicontinental northwestern Europe. Text Planktonic foraminifera DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) East Bank ENVELOPE(-55.765,-55.765,53.367,53.367) |
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The GSSP for the base of the Eocene Series is located at 1.58 m above the base of Section DBH in the Dababiya Quarry, on the east bank of the Nile River, about 35 km south of Luxor, Egypt. It is the base of Bed 1 of the Dababyia Quarry Beds of the El Mahmiya Member of the Esna Formation, interpreted as having recorded the basal inflection of the carbon isotope excursion (CIE), a prominent (3 to 5%) geochemical signature which is recorded in marine (deep and shallow) and terrestrial settings around the world. The Paleocene/Eocene boundary is thus truly a globally correlatable chronostratigraphic level. It may be correlated also on the basis of 1) the mass extinction of abyssal and bathyal benthic foraminifera (Stensioina beccariiformis microfauna), and reflected at shallower depths by a minor event; 2) the transient occurrence of the excursion taxa among the planktonic foraminifera (Acarinina africana, A. sibaiyaensis, Morozovella allisonensis); 3) the transient occurrence of the Rhomboaster spp. - Discoaster araneus (RD) assemblage; 4) an acme of the dinoflagellate Apectodinium complex. The GSSP-defined Paleocene/Eocene boundary is approximately 0.8 my older than the base of the standard Eocene Series as defined by the Ypresian Stage in epicontinental northwestern Europe. |
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Aubry, Marie-Pierre Ouda, Khaled Dupuis, Christian Berggren, William A. Van Couvering, John A. Ali, Jason Brinkhuis, Henk Gingerich, Philip. R. Heilmann-Clausen, Claus Hooker, Jeremy Kent, Dennis V. King, Chris Knox, Robert W. O.'B. Laga, Peter Molina, Eustoquio Schmitz, Birger Steurbaut, Etienne Ward, David R. |
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Aubry, Marie-Pierre Ouda, Khaled Dupuis, Christian Berggren, William A. Van Couvering, John A. Ali, Jason Brinkhuis, Henk Gingerich, Philip. R. Heilmann-Clausen, Claus Hooker, Jeremy Kent, Dennis V. King, Chris Knox, Robert W. O.'B. Laga, Peter Molina, Eustoquio Schmitz, Birger Steurbaut, Etienne Ward, David R. |
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The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt) |
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The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt) |
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The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt) |
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The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt) |
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The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt) |
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global standard stratotype-section and point (gssp) for the base of the eocene series in the dababiya section (egypt) |
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