Proposed Auxiliary boundary Stratigraphic Section and Point (ASSP) for the base of the Ordovician System at Lawson Cove, Utah, USA

• Main Authors: Miller, James F., Evans, Kevin R., Ethington, Raymond L., Freeman, Rebecca L., Loch, James D., Repetski, John E., Ripperdan, Robert L., Taylor, John F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: BearWorks 2015
• Subjects: Canada; Green Point; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/articles-cnas/1513

The Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Ordovician System is at the First Appearance Datum (FAD) of the conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus at Green Point in Newfoundland, Canada. Strata there are typical graptolitic facies that were deposited near the base of the...