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.

Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy / Aubry, Marie-Pierre; Miller, Kenneth G.; Turco, Elena; Flores, José Abel; Gladenkov, Andrey; Grunert, Patrick; Hilgen, Frits; Nishi, Hiroshi; Holbourn, Ann; Krijgsman, Wout; Lirer, Fabrizio; Piller, Werner E.; Quillévéré, Frédéric; Raffi, Isabella; Robinson, Marci; Rook, Lorenzo; Tian, Jun; Triantaphyllou, Maria; Vallejo, Felipe. - In: EPISODES. - ISSN 0705-3797. - 45:4(2022), pp. 445-453. [10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008]

Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy

Turco, Elena;
2022-01-01

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.
2022
Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy / Aubry, Marie-Pierre; Miller, Kenneth G.; Turco, Elena; Flores, José Abel; Gladenkov, Andrey; Grunert, Patrick; Hilgen, Frits; Nishi, Hiroshi; Holbourn, Ann; Krijgsman, Wout; Lirer, Fabrizio; Piller, Werner E.; Quillévéré, Frédéric; Raffi, Isabella; Robinson, Marci; Rook, Lorenzo; Tian, Jun; Triantaphyllou, Maria; Vallejo, Felipe. - In: EPISODES. - ISSN 0705-3797. - 45:4(2022), pp. 445-453. [10.18814/epiiugs/2022/022008]
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