Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point information
Boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale
The 'golden spike' (bronze disk in the lower section of the image) or 'type section' of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of Ediacaran period (Ediacara, South Australia)The 'golden spike' marking the Ediacaran GSSP
A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP), sometimes referred to as a golden spike, is an internationally agreed upon reference point on a stratigraphic section which defines the lower boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale. The effort to define GSSPs is conducted by the International Commission on Stratigraphy, a part of the International Union of Geological Sciences. Most, but not all, GSSPs are based on paleontological changes. Hence GSSPs are usually described in terms of transitions between different faunal stages, though far more faunal stages have been described than GSSPs. The GSSP definition effort commenced in 1977. As of 2024, 79 of the 101 stages that need a GSSP have a ratified GSSP.[1]
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This is a list of GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionsand Points. Since 1977, GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionsand Points (abbreviated GSSPs) are internationally...
rare. For more recent periods, a GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP), largely based on paleontology and improved methods of fossil dating...
section according to more modern standards. Global BoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint "Stratotypesand Type Localities". International Commission on Stratigraphy...
after Alba, the Latin name for River Aube in France. A GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP), ratified by the IUGS in 2016, defines the base...
conodont species Iapetognathus fluctivagus at the GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) section on Newfoundland. The Tremadocian is named after...
stratigraphic column. The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) for the base of the Kimmeridgian is the Flodigarry section at Staffin Bay on the...
and "Huanghuachangian". Huanghuachang section The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) of the Dapingian is the Huanghuachang section (30°51′38″N...
2012). "The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) of the Carnian Stage (Late Triassic) at Prati Di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen Section (Southern...
Globorotalia conomiozea and is stratigraphically in the middle of magnetic chronozone C3Br.1r. The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint for the Messinian...
stages based on a GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) from a single formation (a stratotype) identifying the lower boundary of the stage....
Vandenberghe, Noel; Dalila Zaghibib-Turki (2006). "The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint for the base of the Danian Stage (Paleocene, Paleogene...
from the original on 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2024-03-19. "GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint". International Commission of Stratigraphy. Archived...
W.; Gale, A.; Lees, J.; Caron, M. (March 2004). "The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) for the base of the Cenomanian Stage, Mont Risou...
"The GlobalboundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) of the Ladinian Stage (Middle Triassic) at Bagolino (Southern Alps, Northern Italy) and its implications...
Isabella; Turco, Elena; Willem-Jan Zachariasse (2005). "The GlobalboundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) of the Tortonian Stage (Upper Miocene) at Monte...
numerical age of 259.1 ±0.5 Ma. If a GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) has been approved, the lower boundary of the earliest stage determines...
Villalaín, J. (September 2001). "The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) of the Toarcian-Aalenian Boundary (Lower-Middle Jurassic)" (PDF)....
18814/epiiugs/2018/018016. Retrieved 11 November 2019. "GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint". International Commission of Stratigraphy. Retrieved...
geologic time scale. A given FAD can be used to define a GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP). For example, the beginning of the Tremadocian...
Beroun. It is globally recognized as a geologically important location due to the presence of the GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) marking...
(2009). "The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) for base of the Bathonian Stage (Middle Jurassic), Ravin du Bès Section, SE France" (PDF)...
could leave its current range and the poles could eventually point almost directly at the Sun. Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event § Milankovic cycles Supercontinent...
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from...
Perilli; J. J. Villalaín (2001). "The GlobalBoundaryStratotypeSectionandPoint (GSSP) of the Toarcian-Aalenian Boundary (Lower-Middle Jurassic)" (PDF)....
definition and dating of the GSSP (GlobalStratotypeSectionandPoint) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary...
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