A proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Pliensbachian Stage (Lower Jurassic)

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Wine Haven, a coastal exposure at Robin Hood's Bay (North Yorkshire, UK), fulfils the criteria indicated in the Guidelines of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) (Remane et al. 1996) for definition as the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Pliensbachian Stage (Early Jurassic): 1) The succession of about 30m comprises pale grey and buff-coloured sandy mudstones which very gradually pass upward into silty dark grey shales. This marine sequence was depo...

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Authors: Meister, C; Blau, J; Dommergues, J; Feist-Burkhardt, S; Hart, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: ECLOGAE GEOLOGICAE HELVETIAE
• Volume: 96
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 275-297
• Publication date: 2003-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s00015-003-1086-1
• ISSN: 0012-9402
• Language: German
• Keywords: UK; isotope stratigraphy; Pliensbachian; GSSP; Stratotype; sequence stratigraphy; biostratigraphy; Wine Haven; Lower Jurassic; Robin Hood's Bay (North Yorkshire)