Integrated stratigraphy across the Aptian-Albian boundary in the Marnes Bleues, at the Col de Pre-Guittard, Arnayon Drome), and at Tartonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), France: a candidate Global Boundary Stratotype Section and boundary point for the base of the Albian Stage

• Main Authors: Kennedy, WJ, Gale, AS, Bown, PR, Caron, M, Davey, RJ, Grocke, J, Wray, DS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD 2000
• Subjects: boundary stratotype; palynomorphs; calcareous nannofossils; planktonic foraminifera; ammonites; trace elements; rare earth elements; major elements; oxygen; carbon; stronrium isotopes; Cretaceous; Aptian; Albian; France; PLANKTONIC-FORAMINIFERA; CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON; ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; AMMONITE ZONATION; ANOXIC EVENT; SE FRANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANNOFOSSILS; EUROPE; Boundary Point; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/163837/

The history of definition of the Aptian-Albian boundary is reviewed with particular reference to the ammonite schemes of Brinkmann (1937), Breistroffer (1947), Casey (1961a, 1996, 1999), Kemper (1982), Owen (1996, 1999), and Ruffell & Owen (1995). The classic sequence in the Hannover area of Ger...