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| Titel: |
The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary in Southeastern Australia |
| Auteur: |
Singleton, O.P. McDougall, I. Mallett, C.W. |
| Verschenen in: |
Australian journal of earth sciences |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 23 (1976) nr. 3 pagina's 299-311 |
| Jaar: |
1976-09 |
| Inhoud: |
In southwest Victoria thin sequences of upper Cainozoic marine to non-marine mainly calcareous sediments occur at Portland and in the Glenelg River valley near Dartmoor. At Portland the Whalers Bluff Formation is shown to lie wholly within foraminiferal zone N19 (early Pliocene) which has age limits of about 3.0 to 4.8 m.y. Basalts overlying this formation give consistent K-Ar ages averaging 2.51 ± 0.04 m.y. In the Glenelg River valley, subaerial basalts yielding K-Ar ages of 2.24 to 2.46 m.y. are overlain by shallow neritic sands and littoral calcarenites which belong to the type Werrikooian of F. A. Singleton, here included in the Werrikoo Limestone. Some distance above the base of the Werrikoo Limestone, Globorotalia truncatulinoides appears, the incoming of which defines the base of planktonic foraminiferal zone N22. The base of zone N22 closely approximates the beginning of the Pleistocene defined as the base of the Calabrian stage in Italy, and has an age of about 1.7 m.y. Thus the Werrikoo Limestone was deposited during late N21 and N22 time, straddling the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary and providing a reference standard for southeastern Australia as a whole. It is shown that the Whalers Bluff Formation and the Werrikoo Limestone are separated in both space and time, contrary to the conclusions of earlier workers. |
| Uitgever: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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