The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt)

• Main Authors: 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.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2007
• Subjects: Physical geography; East Bank; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8bp0c85; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8BP0C85

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...