Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma

L. Gibbard, Philip; J. Head, Martin; J. C. Walker, M.; Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, the

doi:10.1002/jqs.1338

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Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma

Published in Journal of Quaternary Science • Jan 20, 2010

Authors:

Philip L. Gibbard

Martin J. Head

M. J. C. Walker

Abstract

Abstract In June 2009, the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) formally ratified a proposal by the International Commission on Stratigraphy to lower the base of the Quaternary System/Period to the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Gelasian Sta...

Subject

Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point

Pleistocene

Quaternary

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