Pliensbachian/Toarcian boundary: the proposed GSSP of Peniche (Portugal)

• Author(s): Elmi, S.
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4787
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Toarcian GSSP; Pliensbachian; Tethyan and North-West European domains; Ammonite fauna
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The Peniche section (Portugal) is considered as a potential stratotype (GSSP) for the Pliensbachian/Toarcian boundary and it is analysed on the background of the available data on the ammonite successions from other Tethyan and NW European areas.