Miocene Stratigraphy (eBook)

Cover 1
Foreword 6
Preface 10
List of Contributors 12
Contents 16
Part A: The historical stratotypes 20
Chronostratigraphic units: historical stratotypes and global stratotypes 22
Chapter A1. The Aquitanian historical stratotype 28
Chapter A2. The Burdigalian historical stratotype 36
Chapter A3. The Burdigalian historical stratotype in the Rhodanian area 44
Chapter A4. Sr isotope record in the area of the Lower Miocene historical stratotypes of the Aquitaine basin (France) 52
Chapter A5. Langhian, Serravallian, and Tortonian historical stratotypes 76
Chapter A6. Calcareous plankton biostratigraphy of the Langhian historical stratotype 108
Chapter A7. Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Tortonian historical stratotype, Rio Mazzapiedi–Castellania Section, northwestern Italy 116
Chapter A8. The Messinian historical stratotype and the Tortonian/Messinian boundary 126
Chapter A9. Proposal for the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) for the base of the Neogene (the Palaeogene/Neogene Boundary) 144
Chapter A10. The Miocene/Pliocene boundary: present and future 168
Part B: Geology of the two main study areas 174
Chapter B1. Miocene palaeogeography of the Tethys Ocean potential global correlations in the Mediterranean
Chapter B2. Tectonic setting of the Miocene northern Apennines: the problem of contemporaneous compression and extension 186
Chapter B3. Geology, tectonics, and integrated stratigraphy potential of Japan 206
Part C: Studies relevant to the Lower Miocene subseries 222
Introduction: the Lower Miocene 224
Chapter C1. Integrated stratigraphy near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary in the Piedmont basin (Italy): biostratigraphy and geochronology 228
Chapter C2. Integrated stratigraphy (biostratigraphy and geochronology) of the Early Miocene sequence from the Emilian Apennines (Italy) 240
Chapter C3. Integrated stratigraphy of the Chattian to mid-Burdigalian pelagic sequence of the Contessa valley (Gubbio, Italy) 268
Chapter C4. Potential integrated stratigraphy of the Aquitanian to upper Burdigalian section at Santa Croce di Arcevia (NE Apennines, Italy) 298
Chapter C5. Biostratigraphy and geochronology of a Miocene continental volcaniclastic layer from the Ebro basin, Spain 316
Part D: Studies relevant to the Middle Miocene subseries 330
Introduction: the Middle Miocene 332
Chapter D1. Integrated stratigraphy of the upper Burdigalian–lower Langhian section at Moria (Marche region, Italy) 334
Chapter D2. Potential integrated stratigraphy in the Langhian l'Annunziata section near Apiro (Marche region, Italy) 362
Chapter D3. Biostratigraphy and geochronology of an early Serravallian volcaniclastic layer from Sicily 370
Chapter D4. Potential integrated Middle Miocene stratigraphy in southeastern Spain 382
Chapter D5. The potential for integrated stratigraphic studies of Middle Miocene sequences in central Japan 390
Chapter D6. Radiometric age of the first occurrence of Globigerina nepenthes in the Tomioka sequence, central Japan 400
Chapter D7. Géochronologie de niveaux situés autour de l'apparition de Globigerina nepenthes au Japon et en Italie: âge de la limite Serravallien/Tortonien 414
Part E: Studies relevant to the Upper Miocene subseries 422
Introduction: the Upper Miocene 424
Chapter E1. Integrated stratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Miocene pelagic sequence of the Cònero Riviera (Marche region, Italy) 428
Chapter E2. Integrated stratigraphy of the late Tortonian Pieve di Gesso section (Romagna, Italy) 470
Chapter E3. Cyclostratigraphic estimate of the Messinian stage duration 482
Chapter E4. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and palaeomagnetism of the Monte Tondo and Monte del Casino sections (Romagna Apennine, Italy) 496
Chapter E5. New radiometric datings bracketing the Tortonian/Messinian boundary in the Romagna potential stratotype sections (northern Apennines, Italy) 512
Chapter E6. Contribution to the geochronology of the Tortonian/Messinian boundary in the Faenza area (Romagna, Italy) 540
Chapter E7. Integrated stratigraphy of the Maccarone section, late Messinian (Marche region, Italy) 550
Chapter E8. Potential integrated Upper Miocene stratigraphy in southeastern Spain 566
Chapter E9. A review of geological, biostratigraphical, and geochronological studies of the Miura peninsula (central Japan) 572
Chapter E10. Preliminary results and potential for integrated stratigraphy of the volcano-sedimentary sequence in the Boso peninsula, central Japan 594
Part F 600
Chapter F1. Miocene geochronology. methods, techniques, and results 602
Chapter F2. Chronostratigraphy of Miocene Stages: a proposal for the definition of precise boundaries . 616
References 650
Author Index 684
Paleontologic Index 696
Geography and Geology Index 702