Strontium isotope correlation of the basal Maastrichtian Stage in Antarctica to the European and US biostratigraphic schemes

• Main Authors: Crame, JA, McArthur, JM, Pirrie, D, Riding, JB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE 1999
• Subjects: Sr-87/Sr-86; Maastrichtian; Antarctica; USA; Europe; correlation; JAMES-ROSS-ISLAND; LATE CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHY; HETEROMORPH AMMONITES; INTERCONTINENTAL CORRELATION; PALEOTEMPERATURE VARIATION; NUMERICAL CALIBRATION; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA; SEYMOUR-ISLAND; MARAMBIO GROUP; VEGA-ISLAND; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Island; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; Vega Island; Hill Island; Snow Hill Island; Cape Lamb; Snow Hill; Antarc*; antarcticus; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/69364/

New Sr-87/Sr-86 dating allows the correlation of a marker horizon within the prolific Late Cretaceous Gunnarites antarcticus faunal assemblage of the Cape Lamb Member, Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica with reference sections in Europe and the USA. This horizon is between 81.5 and...