Publication details
High-resolution stratigraphy of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in Europe: multidisciplinary approach
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Strata, Série 1 |
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| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Famennian;Tournaisian;stratigraphy;geochemistry;petrophysics;paleontology |
| Description | The Devonian–Carboniferous system boundary (DCB), as defined by the GSSP at La Serre, southern France, has been critically revised in recent years. Currently, there is ongoing debate on the choice of better criteria for the DCB redefinition. As neither conodonts nor foraminifers can provide a satisfactory candidate, a cyclo- and event stratigraphic approach, based on petrophysical and geochemical proxies, can provide an auxiliary solution. The geochemical record in the deep-and shallow-water sections with otherwise indistinct facies shifts suggests that the latest Famennian sea-level fall affected all these marine environments ranging from shallow water into the pelagic. |
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