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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Deino, A.
• Channell, J.
• Coccioni, R.
• De Grandis, G.
• DePaolo, D.J.
• Fornaciari, E.
• Emmanuel, L.
• Laurenzi, M.A.
• Montanari, A.
• Rio, D.
• Renard, M.

Titel

Chapter D1 Integrated stratigraphy of the upper burdigalian-lower langhian section at moria (Marche region, Italy)

Ist Teil von

• Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, 1995, Vol.15, p.315-341

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Science & Technology

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This chapter discusses integrated stratigraphy of the upper Burdigalian-lower Langhian section at Moria. The 100 m thick Moria section is exposed along a mountain road between the villages of Palcano and Moria (Pontedazzo exit of the State Highway No. 3, near Cantiano), on the west side of Monte Petrano, in the Marche region of Italy. The chapter exposes in continuity the transition between the Bisciaro formation and the overlying Schlier formation, as well as the stratigraphic interval containing the Burdigalian/Langhian boundary. Moreover, several intercalations of volcaniclastic horizons permit direct radioisotopic age calibration of relevant biostratigraphic, magneto-stratigraphic, and chemostratigraphic events. Thus, the Moria section represents an advantageous circumstance for the comprehensive definition of the lower/upper Miocene boundary in a representative Tethyan pelagic facies. The top part of the Bisciaro Formation is exposed in the lower 20 m of the Moria section. The formation is characterized in the lower half of this interval by the greyish-beige “siliceous-calcareous-tuffitic member”, which is overlain by the “upper marly member”.