An integrated study (inoceramid bialves, ammonites, nannofossils, planktonic foraminifera, stable carbon isotope) of the Ten Mile Creek section, Lancaster County, north Texas, a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Santonian Stage

• Main Authors: A. S. Gale, W. J. Kennedy, A. J. Lees, I. Walaszczcyk, M.R. Petrizzo
• Other Authors: A.S. Gale, W.J. Kennedy, A.J. Lee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia e Paleoecologia; Austin; Ten Mile; Ten Mile Creek; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/38085

The WalMart section on Ten Mile Creek, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, exposes a 23 metre section of Austin Chalk that can be integrated into a more than 60 m composite sequence for the Dallas area on the basis of bed-by-bed correlation. The section was proposed as a possible candidate Global Bound...