The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain

The global stratotype sections and points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages have been defined in the coastal cliff along the Itzurun Beach at the town of Zumaia in the Basque Country, northern Spain. In the hemipelagic section exposed at Zumaia...

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Main Authors:	Schmitz, B., Pujalte, V., Molina, E., Monechi, S., Orue-Etxebarria, X., Speijer, R. P., Alegret, L., Apellaniz, E., Arenillas, I., Aubry, M. P., Baceta, J. I., Berggren, W. A., Bernaola, G., Caballero, F., Clemmensen, A., Dinarès-Turell, J., Dupuis, C., Heilmann-Clausen, C., Orús, A. H., Knox, R., Martín-Rubio, M., Ortiz, S., Payros, A., Petrizzo, M. R., von Salis, K., Sprong, J., Steurbaut, E., Thomsen, E.
Other Authors:	Schmitz, B.; Department of Geology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden, Pujalte, V.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Molina, E.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Monechi, S.; Department of Earth Sciences, Florence University, 50121 Florence, Italy, Orue-Etxebarria, X.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Speijer, R. P.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, Alegret, L.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Apellaniz, E.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Arenillas, I.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Aubry, M. P.; Department of Geology, Rutgers University, Piscatatway, NJ 08854 USA., Baceta, J. I.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Berggren, W. A.; Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA, Bernaola, G.; Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain, Caballero, F.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Clemmensen, A.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark, Dinarès-Turell, J.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Dupuis, C.; Laboratoire de Géologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark, Orús, A. H.; Eguzkialde 13, E-20271 Irura, Gipuzkoa, Spain, Knox, R.; British Geological Survey, Kingsley Durham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, Martín-Rubio, M.; Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain, Ortiz, S.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Payros, A.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Petrizzo, M. R.; Department of Earth Sciences, Milano University, 20133 Milano, Italy, von Salis, K.; Via Maistra 9, CH-7513 Silvaplana, Switzerland, Sprong, J.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, Steurbaut, E.; Department of Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium, Thomsen, E.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark, Department of Geology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden, Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain, Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Department of Earth Sciences, Florence University, 50121 Florence, Italy, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, Department of Geology, Rutgers University, Piscatatway, NJ 08854 USA., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA, Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain, Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Laboratoire de Géologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium, Eguzkialde 13, E-20271 Irura, Gipuzkoa, Spain, British Geological Survey, Kingsley Durham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, Department of Earth Sciences, Milano University, 20133 Milano, Italy, Via Maistra 9, CH-7513 Silvaplana, Switzerland, Department of Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Subjects:	Chronostratigraphy Cyclostratigraphy pelagic succession sea-level fall 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.08. Sediments: dating processes transport 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.10. Stratigraphy North Atlantic
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topic	Chronostratigraphy Cyclostratigraphy pelagic succession sea-level fall 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.08. Sediments: dating processes transport 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.10. Stratigraphy
spellingShingle	Chronostratigraphy Cyclostratigraphy pelagic succession sea-level fall 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.08. Sediments: dating processes transport 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.10. Stratigraphy Schmitz, B. Pujalte, V. Molina, E. Monechi, S. Orue-Etxebarria, X. Speijer, R. P. Alegret, L. Apellaniz, E. Arenillas, I. Aubry, M. P. Baceta, J. I. Berggren, W. A. Bernaola, G. Caballero, F. Clemmensen, A. Dinarès-Turell, J. Dupuis, C. Heilmann-Clausen, C. Orús, A. H. Knox, R. Martín-Rubio, M. Ortiz, S. Payros, A. Petrizzo, M. R. von Salis, K. Sprong, J. Steurbaut, E. Thomsen, E. The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain
topic_facet	Chronostratigraphy Cyclostratigraphy pelagic succession sea-level fall 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.08. Sediments: dating processes transport 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.10. Stratigraphy
description	The global stratotype sections and points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages have been defined in the coastal cliff along the Itzurun Beach at the town of Zumaia in the Basque Country, northern Spain. In the hemipelagic section exposed at Zumaia the base of the Selandian Stage has been placed at the base of the Itzurun Formation, ca. 49 m above the Cretaceous/ Paleogene boundary. At the base of the Selandian, marls replace the succession of Danian red limestone and limestone-marl couplets. The best marine, global correlation criterion for the basal Selandian is the second radiation of the important calcareous nannofossil group, the fasciculiths. Species such as Fasciculithus ulii, F. billii, F. janii, F. involutus, F.pileatus and F. tympaniformis have their first appearance in the interval from a few decimetres below up to 1.1 m above the base of the Selandian. The marker species for nannofossil Zone NP5, F. tympaniformis, first occurs 1.1 m above the base. Excellent cyclostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy in the section creates further correlation potential, with the base of the Selandian occuring 30 precession cycles (630 kyr) above the top of magnetochron C27n. Profound changes in sedimentology related to a major sea-level fall characterize the Danian-Selandian transition in sections along the margins of the North Atlantic. The base of the Thanetian Stage is placed in the same section ca. 78 m above the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. It is defined at a level 2.8 m or eight precession cycles above the base of the core of the distinct clay-rich interval associated with the Mid-Paleocene Biotic Event, and it corresponds to the base of magnetochron C26n in the section. The base of the Thanetian is not associated with any significant change in marine micro-fauna or flora. The calcareous nannofossil Zone NP6, marked by the first occurrence of Heliolithus kleinpelli starts ca. 6.5 m below the base of the Thanetian. The definitions of the global stratotype ...
author2	Schmitz, B.; Department of Geology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden Pujalte, V.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Molina, E.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Monechi, S.; Department of Earth Sciences, Florence University, 50121 Florence, Italy Orue-Etxebarria, X.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Speijer, R. P.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Alegret, L.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Apellaniz, E.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Arenillas, I.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Aubry, M. P.; Department of Geology, Rutgers University, Piscatatway, NJ 08854 USA. Baceta, J. I.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Berggren, W. A.; Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Bernaola, G.; Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain Caballero, F.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Clemmensen, A.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Dinarès-Turell, J.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Dupuis, C.; Laboratoire de Géologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Orús, A. H.; Eguzkialde 13, E-20271 Irura, Gipuzkoa, Spain Knox, R.; British Geological Survey, Kingsley Durham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom Martín-Rubio, M.; Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain Ortiz, S.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Payros, A.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Petrizzo, M. R.; Department of Earth Sciences, Milano University, 20133 Milano, Italy von Salis, K.; Via Maistra 9, CH-7513 Silvaplana, Switzerland Sprong, J.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Steurbaut, E.; Department of Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Thomsen, E.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Department of Geology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Department of Earth Sciences, Florence University, 50121 Florence, Italy Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Department of Geology, Rutgers University, Piscatatway, NJ 08854 USA. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Laboratoire de Géologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium Eguzkialde 13, E-20271 Irura, Gipuzkoa, Spain British Geological Survey, Kingsley Durham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom Department of Earth Sciences, Milano University, 20133 Milano, Italy Via Maistra 9, CH-7513 Silvaplana, Switzerland Department of Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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author	Schmitz, B. Pujalte, V. Molina, E. Monechi, S. Orue-Etxebarria, X. Speijer, R. P. Alegret, L. Apellaniz, E. Arenillas, I. Aubry, M. P. Baceta, J. I. Berggren, W. A. Bernaola, G. Caballero, F. Clemmensen, A. Dinarès-Turell, J. Dupuis, C. Heilmann-Clausen, C. Orús, A. H. Knox, R. Martín-Rubio, M. Ortiz, S. Payros, A. Petrizzo, M. R. von Salis, K. Sprong, J. Steurbaut, E. Thomsen, E.
author_facet	Schmitz, B. Pujalte, V. Molina, E. Monechi, S. Orue-Etxebarria, X. Speijer, R. P. Alegret, L. Apellaniz, E. Arenillas, I. Aubry, M. P. Baceta, J. I. Berggren, W. A. Bernaola, G. Caballero, F. Clemmensen, A. Dinarès-Turell, J. Dupuis, C. Heilmann-Clausen, C. Orús, A. H. Knox, R. Martín-Rubio, M. Ortiz, S. Payros, A. Petrizzo, M. R. von Salis, K. Sprong, J. Steurbaut, E. Thomsen, E.
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title	The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain
title_short	The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain
title_full	The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain
title_fullStr	The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain
title_full_unstemmed	The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain
title_sort	global stratotype sections and points for the bases of the selandian (middle paleocene) and thanetian (upper paleocene) stages at zumaia, spain
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spelling	ftingv:oai:www.earth-prints.org:2122/7307 2023-05-15T17:36:55+02:00 The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain Schmitz, B. Pujalte, V. Molina, E. Monechi, S. Orue-Etxebarria, X. Speijer, R. P. Alegret, L. Apellaniz, E. Arenillas, I. Aubry, M. P. Baceta, J. I. Berggren, W. A. Bernaola, G. Caballero, F. Clemmensen, A. Dinarès-Turell, J. Dupuis, C. Heilmann-Clausen, C. Orús, A. H. Knox, R. Martín-Rubio, M. Ortiz, S. Payros, A. Petrizzo, M. R. von Salis, K. Sprong, J. Steurbaut, E. Thomsen, E. Schmitz, B.; Department of Geology, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden Pujalte, V.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Molina, E.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Monechi, S.; Department of Earth Sciences, Florence University, 50121 Florence, Italy Orue-Etxebarria, X.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Speijer, R. P.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Alegret, L.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Apellaniz, E.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Arenillas, I.; Department of Earth Sciences, Zaragoza University, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain Aubry, M. P.; Department of Geology, Rutgers University, Piscatatway, NJ 08854 USA. Baceta, J. I.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Berggren, W. A.; Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Bernaola, G.; Department of Mining and Metallurgic Engineering and Material Sciences, University of the Basque Country, E-48901 Barakaldo, Spain Caballero, F.; Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology, University of the Basque Country, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain Clemmensen, A.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Dinarès-Turell, J.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Dupuis, C.; Laboratoire de Géologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Department of Earth Sciences, Århus University, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark Orús, A. 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Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij, B.V., Den Haag, 239 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/7307 restricted Chronostratigraphy Cyclostratigraphy pelagic succession sea-level fall 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.08. Sediments: dating processes transport 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.10. Stratigraphy article 2011 ftingv 2022-07-29T06:06:05Z The global stratotype sections and points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages have been defined in the coastal cliff along the Itzurun Beach at the town of Zumaia in the Basque Country, northern Spain. In the hemipelagic section exposed at Zumaia the base of the Selandian Stage has been placed at the base of the Itzurun Formation, ca. 49 m above the Cretaceous/ Paleogene boundary. At the base of the Selandian, marls replace the succession of Danian red limestone and limestone-marl couplets. The best marine, global correlation criterion for the basal Selandian is the second radiation of the important calcareous nannofossil group, the fasciculiths. Species such as Fasciculithus ulii, F. billii, F. janii, F. involutus, F.pileatus and F. tympaniformis have their first appearance in the interval from a few decimetres below up to 1.1 m above the base of the Selandian. The marker species for nannofossil Zone NP5, F. tympaniformis, first occurs 1.1 m above the base. Excellent cyclostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy in the section creates further correlation potential, with the base of the Selandian occuring 30 precession cycles (630 kyr) above the top of magnetochron C27n. Profound changes in sedimentology related to a major sea-level fall characterize the Danian-Selandian transition in sections along the margins of the North Atlantic. The base of the Thanetian Stage is placed in the same section ca. 78 m above the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. It is defined at a level 2.8 m or eight precession cycles above the base of the core of the distinct clay-rich interval associated with the Mid-Paleocene Biotic Event, and it corresponds to the base of magnetochron C26n in the section. The base of the Thanetian is not associated with any significant change in marine micro-fauna or flora. The calcareous nannofossil Zone NP6, marked by the first occurrence of Heliolithus kleinpelli starts ca. 6.5 m below the base of the Thanetian. The definitions of the global stratotype ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Earth-Prints (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) Paleoceanography 26 2 n/a n/a

The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain

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