Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy

Marie-Pierre Aubry; Kenneth Miller; Elena Turco; Jose Flores Villajero; Andrey Yu. Gladenkov; Patrick Grunert; Frits Hilgen; Hiroshi Nishi; Ann Holbourn; Wout Krijgsman; Fabrizio Lirer; Werner Piller; Frederic Quillevere; Isabella Raffi; Marci M. Robinson; Lorenzo Rook; Jun Tian; Maria Triantaphyllou; Felipe Vallejo

doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008

Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy

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By: Marie-Pierre Aubry, Kenneth Miller, Elena Turco, Jose Flores Villajero, Andrey Yu. Gladenkov, Patrick Grunert, Frits Hilgen, Hiroshi Nishi, Ann Holbourn, Wout Krijgsman, Fabrizio Lirer, Werner Piller, Frederic Quillevere, Isabella Raffi, Marci M. Robinson, Lorenzo Rook, Jun Tian, Maria Triantaphyllou, and Felipe Vallejo

https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008

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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.

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Aubry, M., Miller, K., Turco, E., Flores Villajero, J., Gladenkov, A.Y., Grunert, P., Hilgen, F., Nishi, H., Holbourn, A., Krijgsman, W., Lirer, F., Piller, W., Quillevere, F., Raffi, I., Robinson, M.M., Rook, L., Tian, J., Triantaphyllou, M., Vallejo, F., 2022, Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy: Episodes, v. 45, no. 4, p. 445-453, https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008.

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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