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The Middle Givetian pumilio-Events a tool for high time resolution and event-stratigraphical correlation

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Extinction Events in Earth History

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences ((LNEARTH,volume 30))

Abstract

The Givetian pumilio Horizons consist of two dark brachiopod packstones intercalated in sequences of cephalopod limestones in Germany, S-France and North Africa. Their exceptional character is not only based on the mass occurrence of “Terebratula” pumilio (a small brachiopod), but also on additional biofacial and special sedimentological features. Due to their synchronous, extremely short-term deposition the pumilio Horizons are excellent index horizons for a basin-wide correlation of Givetian pelagic limestones and for a further refinement of the middle Givetian time-scale. An interpretation of the pumilio Horizons as tsunami deposits is given.

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  1. Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidt-Str. 3, D-3400, Göttingen, FRG

    Jan Lottmann

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Lottmann, J. (1990). The Middle Givetian pumilio-Events a tool for high time resolution and event-stratigraphical correlation. In: Kauffman, E.G., Walliser, O.H. (eds) Extinction Events in Earth History. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011142

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