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Magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary

Piotra. Przybylski 1 James G. Ogg * Andrzej Wierzbowski 2 Angela L. Angela 3 Mark W. Hounslow 4 John K. Wright 5 François Atrops 6 Erik Settles 7
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1 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences [West Lafayette]
2 Faculty of Geology
3 CEPSAR - Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research [Milton Keynes]
4 Lancaster Environment Centre
5 Department of Earth Sciences [Egham]
6 PEPS - PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere
7 Public Health and Consumer Protection
Abstract : A magnetic polarity pattern for Boreal and Sub-Boreal ammonite zones of the Upper Oxfordian to Lower Kimmeridgian was established and confirmed in four British sections, including the proposed Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) on the Isle of Skye (Scotland) to define the base of the international Kimmeridgian Stage. A coeval pattern for Sub-Mediterranean ammonite zones was compiled from seven sections in Poland, one German section and multi-section composites from France and Spain. The mean paleopole for the European Craton (excluding Spain) at the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary is 74.2 degrees N, 181.3 degrees E (A(95)=3.8 degrees). The common magnetic polarity scale enables inter-correlation of ammonite subzones among these three faunal provinces and to the marine magnetic-anomaly M-Sequence. The proposed GSSP at the base of the Pictonia baylei Zone is near the base of an extended interval dominated by reversed polarity, which is interpreted to be Chron M26r. This GSSP level projects to the lower to middle part of the Epipeltoceras bimammatum Subzone, which is the middle subzone of this E bimammatum Zone in the Sub-Mediterranean standard zonation. In contrast, the traditional placement of the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary in that Sub-Mediterranean standard zonation (base of Sutneria platynota Zone) is at the base of Chron M25r, or nearly I million years younge
Keywords : magnetostratigraphy Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary biostratigraphy marine magnetic anomalies
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Piotra. Przybylski, James G. Ogg, Andrzej Wierzbowski, Angela L. Angela, Mark W. Hounslow, et al.. Magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier, 2010, 289 (1-2), pp.256-272. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.014⟩. ⟨insu-00672651⟩

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