Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy
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Abstract
The International Union of Geological Sciences Executive Committee (IUGS EC) voted on 13 October 2021 to ratify a proposal for the Neogene subseries/subepochs to have formal status. They are now incorporated into a sixtiered chronostratigraphic hierarchy within the International Chronostratigraphic Chart (ICC). The Lower/Early Miocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages/ages, the Middle Miocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Langhian and Serravallian stages/ages, the Upper/Late Miocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Tortonian and Messinian stages/ages, the Lower/Early Pliocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Zanclean Stage/Age and the Upper/Late Pliocene Subseries/Subepoch comprises the Piacenzian Stage/Age. This ratification is an important move towards both a common language in the wider Earth Sciences community and a step forward in the unification of Cenozoic chronostratigraphy, with Neogene and Quaternary subseries/subepochs now formalized.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy |
| Series title | Episodes |
| DOI | 10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Union of Geological Sciences |
| Contributing office(s) | Florence Bascom Geoscience Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 445 |
| Last page | 453 |
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