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STRATI 2013The Triassic Timescale 2013

STRATI 2013: The Triassic Timescale 2013 [The current Triassic chronostratigraphic scale is a hierarchy of three series (Lower, Middle, and Upper) divided into seven stages (Lower = Induan and Olenekian; Middle = Anisian and Ladinian; and Upper = Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian), further divided into 15 substages (Induan = upper Griesbachian and Dienerian; Olenekian = Smithian and Spathian; Anisian = Aegean, Bithynian, Pelsonian, and Illyrian; Ladinian = Fassanian and Longobardian; Carnian = Julian and Tuvalian; and Norian = Lacian, Alaunian, and Sevatian). Ammonoid and conodont biostratigraphies provide the primary basis for the chronostratigraphy. We argue here for reliance on ammonoid-based biostratigraphy for Triassic chronostratigraphic definitions. We advocate a four-stage Lower Triassic and the elevation of the very long Carnian and Norian stages to series. A sparse but growing database of precise radioisotopic ages supports the following calibrations: base of Triassic ~252 Ma, base Olenekian ~251 Ma, base Anisian ~247 Ma, base Ladinian ~242 Ma, base Norian ~221 Ma, and base Jurassic ~201 Ma. Triassic magnetostratigraphy is a series of multichrons at best, and needs vast improvement to make a serious contribution to the Triassic timescale. ] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

STRATI 2013The Triassic Timescale 2013

Part of the Springer Geology Book Series
Editors: Rocha, Rogério; Pais, João; Kullberg, José Carlos; Finney, Stanley
Lucas, Spencer G.; Tanner, Lawrence H.
STRATI 2013 — Apr 24, 2014
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
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978-3-319-04363-0
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19 –22
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_4
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Abstract

[The current Triassic chronostratigraphic scale is a hierarchy of three series (Lower, Middle, and Upper) divided into seven stages (Lower = Induan and Olenekian; Middle = Anisian and Ladinian; and Upper = Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian), further divided into 15 substages (Induan = upper Griesbachian and Dienerian; Olenekian = Smithian and Spathian; Anisian = Aegean, Bithynian, Pelsonian, and Illyrian; Ladinian = Fassanian and Longobardian; Carnian = Julian and Tuvalian; and Norian = Lacian, Alaunian, and Sevatian). Ammonoid and conodont biostratigraphies provide the primary basis for the chronostratigraphy. We argue here for reliance on ammonoid-based biostratigraphy for Triassic chronostratigraphic definitions. We advocate a four-stage Lower Triassic and the elevation of the very long Carnian and Norian stages to series. A sparse but growing database of precise radioisotopic ages supports the following calibrations: base of Triassic ~252 Ma, base Olenekian ~251 Ma, base Anisian ~247 Ma, base Ladinian ~242 Ma, base Norian ~221 Ma, and base Jurassic ~201 Ma. Triassic magnetostratigraphy is a series of multichrons at best, and needs vast improvement to make a serious contribution to the Triassic timescale. ]

Published: Apr 24, 2014

Keywords: Triassic; Timescale; Chronostratigraphy; Numerical ages; Magnetostratigraphy

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